HI I dont know if it is open, yet but you could try Gwent Record Office Sylvia On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM, The Lewis family <lewisfamily@iinet.net.au>wrote: > G'day List > > I am stuck again. Have used the Archives Wales site to search for > Pontypool school registers for the years 1885 - 1892 when I could > reasonably expect my late grandfather to have attended school there. No > luck, even though I tried a variety of search strategies.. > > Let me explain and tell you what I know. On the 1891 Census Hector Lewis > is shown as living at 8 Upper Bridge Street and he is shown as scholar. > He was born in 1878 so I took a stab at 1887 for a reasonable chance > that he would be a pupil at one of the local schools. I realise that > Pontypool has changed somewhat from that period but is there someone on > the list who might know what school(s) he could have attended. That way > I might perhaps narrow my search and strike gold. Of course, the school > registers for Pontypool may not have survived from that period. If this > is the case, I'd still like to know so that I can stop what will be a > fruitless search. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ray Try this link. It shoes the holdings for Gwent Archives, Gwent schools, records http://anws.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/search2?coll_id=76985&inst_id=36&term=sc hool Steve > G'day List > > I am stuck again. Have used the Archives Wales site to search for > Pontypool school registers for the years 1885 - 1892 when I could > reasonably expect my late grandfather to have attended school there. > No luck, even though I tried a variety of search strategies.. > > Let me explain and tell you what I know. On the 1891 Census Hector > Lewis is shown as living at 8 Upper Bridge Street and he is shown as scholar. > He was born in 1878 so I took a stab at 1887 for a reasonable chance > that he would be a pupil at one of the local schools. I realise that > Pontypool has changed somewhat from that period but is there someone > on the list who might know what school(s) he could have attended. That > way I might perhaps narrow my search and strike gold. Of course, the > school registers for Pontypool may not have survived from that period. > If this is the case, I'd still like to know so that I can stop what > will be a fruitless search. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia

G'day List As a consequence of my research into my grandfather's life and times I had to obtain a couple of birth certificates. One of them is now surplus to requirements as it belongs to another family . The certificate is for a Betty Lewis born 23 January 1920. Father was Tudor Llewellyn Lewis, farmer, Cwmavon Farm, Varteg, mother Martha Bessie Lewis (formerly Jones). Registration date was 27 February 1920. Is there a list member who might be in contact with descendants of this family who would like the certificate. Please let me know and I will forward it by snailmai Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia (where it is warming up to a 31ºC maximum)