John. I don't often contact you but I do look at the list every day. I want to thank you for your knowledge that means so much to people like me who have learned so much from you. May you have a blessed Christmas and a great New Year. Your friend from Vestal New York. Marge Summers -----Original Message----- From: John Ball Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [POWYS] The use of relevant subject lines Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: . . . this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line like this. Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? ================= Dear Listers, Peter Evans makes a valid point about the importance of using a relevant subject line when discussing a new topic. This is especially important for listers who are subscribed in Digest mode, where the default subject line for a reply is the name of the digest containing the message rather than the message subject itself. The list of "Do's and Don'ts" on the Powys List webpage (www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm#dos) includes the following item: "Subject Lines - Always make the subject line meaningful, and if appropriate, indicate which county is involved by using the abbreviations BRE, MGY or RAD; e.g. 'BRE, Defynnog, Havard, 1819'." Additionally, the guidance note at the top of each Digest states: ". . . remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying." As to why this List Admin hasn't acted, well, from time to time I *do* remind Listers of the correct use of Subject lines. However, list administrators are not on duty 24/7. The current problem with subject lines began on Saturday morning. I am reacting to it at 7:45 AM on Monday morning, shortly after I first logged onto the List. I hope Listers will accept that this is a reasonable response time. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: [email protected] Duty Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Brecknock FH Group Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/ =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think there is a little too much nit picking going on here. So, someone makes a mistake. We are only human and not perfect. Let it go. Be thankful for what we have in our great administrators and helpers on this site. Ilene Jones [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronald Smith Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [POWYS] errant posters Dear List, My offering re Quarter Sessions (Topic No.1 in Powys Digest, Vol 5, Issue 345 ), sent in response to the cry for help raised by Mary Harding in Issue 343, seems to have ruffled a few feathers, particularly in the antipodes. What a shame that I, a first-time poster, didn't fully understand the correct procedure for responding. I have to tell you that I was not brought up with computers, and the jargon used in 'instructions', etc, sometimes leaves me reeling. Nonetheless, in replying to Mary's post, I quoted what was shown as the 'subject' in her message. Even if both she and I were at fault, it is worth pointing out that I was responding to her message in Vol.5, Issue 343, which asked for information on the subject of 'Quarter Sessions.' The subject of Montgomeryshire didn't arise. Despite all this, I remain a faithful reader of the Digest, and send my sincere thanks to John Ball (and associates) for the work that goes into this business. Kind regards, Ronald Smith =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello All, > > With Christmas intervening, it's unlikely there will be a significant > increase in list activity in December, but we live in hope! One of the reasons, from my point of view, for not being active in this list is that I don't see much meaningful activity. I look at the subject and quickly decide whether it is worth opening up the message. I subscribe to many lists. I recently started a thread with the subject Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions... There were some excellent replies. However, this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line like this. The only reason I saw it was it happened to be at the top of the list of incoming messages. I was surprised to find a discussion on a totally different subject: yes, you guessed it - Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions. Do people realise that it is highly likely that their message will never been seen in the list archives? Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? Furthermore, am I now using the right subject line? Regards, Peter Evans

Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: . . . this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line like this. Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? ================= Dear Listers, Peter Evans makes a valid point about the importance of using a relevant subject line when discussing a new topic. This is especially important for listers who are subscribed in Digest mode, where the default subject line for a reply is the name of the digest containing the message rather than the message subject itself. The list of "Do's and Don'ts" on the Powys List webpage (www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm#dos) includes the following item: "Subject Lines - Always make the subject line meaningful, and if appropriate, indicate which county is involved by using the abbreviations BRE, MGY or RAD; e.g. 'BRE, Defynnog, Havard, 1819'." Additionally, the guidance note at the top of each Digest states: ". . . remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying." As to why this List Admin hasn't acted, well, from time to time I *do* remind Listers of the correct use of Subject lines. However, list administrators are not on duty 24/7. The current problem with subject lines began on Saturday morning. I am reacting to it at 7:45 AM on Monday morning, shortly after I first logged onto the List. I hope Listers will accept that this is a reasonable response time. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK E-mail: [email protected] Duty Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Brecknock FH Group Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsbfhs/

It really is up to us to find things we want to know that might be "general knowledge", topics that several people are interested in. I joined this list in hope of perhaps coming across my 2Xggf whose place of birth is totally unknown to me. There are three possibles found in LDS records so I am trying to straddle Wales <G> His son, my ggf, married a woman whose family was born and several generations deep in Merthyr, I can find more to mine there. I check all messages, because we keep replying to "Digest" and forgetting to change the subject <G> so I find items others might not. I really would like to find out more about economics in Wales and life style in various areas, but Wm R Davis was in the US by 1851 having been born in 1816 so the more modern items I read with interest but <G> they aren't much USE except to let me know how things were. Wm R Davis (or Davies who knows) was a blacksmith, my Merthyr family were iron workers, were there other fairly industrial areas in Wales in the 1830-40 era? Eliz On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > >> >> With Christmas intervening, it's unlikely there will be a significant >> increase in list activity in December, but we live in hope! > > One of the reasons, from my point of view, for not being active in this list > is that I don't see much meaningful activity. I look at the subject and > quickly decide whether it is worth opening up the message. I subscribe to > many lists. > > I recently started a thread with the subject Montgomeryshire Quarter > Sessions... > > There were some excellent replies. > > However, this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol 5, Issue > 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line like this. > The only reason I saw it was it happened to be at the top of the list of > incoming messages. > > I was surprised to find a discussion on a totally different subject: yes, > you guessed it - Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions. > > Do people realise that it is highly likely that their message will never > been seen in the list archives? > > Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? > > Furthermore, am I now using the right subject line? > > Regards, >  Peter Evans > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well, answered Ron <>G not so novice now <G> Eliz On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Ronald Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Re Quarter Sessions. > > I am a novice when it comes to replying to lists,  (so I hope I'm doing it correctly),    but I do know a thing or two about Quarter Sessions as I regularly attended them over many years,  in the London area. > What hasn't already been said, is that Quarter Sessions were the Judge-and-Jury type of court,    i.e. all the lawyers, and the Judge dressed up in robes,  wigs,  etc.    These courts were on a higher level than the ordinary Magistrates' Courts,  and were used for trials of more serious offences,  or to deal with criminals sent up from the Magistrates Court for sentencing.    Above the Quarter Sessions Courts were the Assizes,  which dealt with the top level of crimes,  e.g. treason,  murder, etc  (although Quarter Sessions could deal with some murders.) > > Kind regards, > >                    Ron Smith > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Alison, >>it then omits the Quarter Sessions. Thank you for confirming that the records are not present on the Powys Archives site. Regards, Peter

Hi all Away on holidays for three months. Ian Lawson Sydney Australia

The Quarter Sessions ceased on the setting up of the Crown Court which tried the cases outside the scope of the Magistrates Courts. These offences ranged from theft, burglary, right up to offences of rape and murder. The most serious offences were heard before High Court Judges who were appointed for each of the six Circuits, South West, Midland and Oxford, Wales and Chester, South East, North Eastern and Northern. The High Court judges usually sat at the larger courts on the Circuit and not only dealt with criminal cases but also civil actions, mainly personal injury cases. There were in addition to the Judges of the Queens Bench Division, Judges of the Family Division who also went out 'on Circuit' and dealt mainly with cases involving the welfare of children, adoption, wardship custody etc. I had spent all my working life in the County Courts Branch of the Lord Chancellor's Department from 1957 until 1974 when I moved to one of the largest Crown Court centres, staying there until retirement. -----Original Message----- From: Ronald Smith Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 10:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POWYS] POWYS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 343 Re Quarter Sessions. I am a novice when it comes to replying to lists, (so I hope I'm doing it correctly), but I do know a thing or two about Quarter Sessions as I regularly attended them over many years, in the London area. What hasn't already been said, is that Quarter Sessions were the Judge-and-Jury type of court, i.e. all the lawyers, and the Judge dressed up in robes, wigs, etc. These courts were on a higher level than the ordinary Magistrates' Courts, and were used for trials of more serious offences, or to deal with criminals sent up from the Magistrates Court for sentencing. Above the Quarter Sessions Courts were the Assizes, which dealt with the top level of crimes, e.g. treason, murder, etc (although Quarter Sessions could deal with some murders.) Kind regards, Ron Smith =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Re Quarter Sessions. I am a novice when it comes to replying to lists, (so I hope I'm doing it correctly), but I do know a thing or two about Quarter Sessions as I regularly attended them over many years, in the London area. What hasn't already been said, is that Quarter Sessions were the Judge-and-Jury type of court, i.e. all the lawyers, and the Judge dressed up in robes, wigs, etc. These courts were on a higher level than the ordinary Magistrates' Courts, and were used for trials of more serious offences, or to deal with criminals sent up from the Magistrates Court for sentencing. Above the Quarter Sessions Courts were the Assizes, which dealt with the top level of crimes, e.g. treason, murder, etc (although Quarter Sessions could deal with some murders.) Kind regards, Ron Smith

Courts were held every Quarter, thus Quarter sessions from Wikipedia The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the United Kingdom and other countries in the former British Empire. They generally sat in the seat of each county and county borough. Quarter Sessions were abolished in England and Wales in 1972, when the Courts Act 1971 replaced them together with the Courts of Assize (Assizes) with a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales. They were abolished in Scotland in 1975 and replaced with District Courts and subsequently Justice of the Peace Courts. The Quarter Sessions were named for the four annual meetings they held in England and Wales from 1388. These days were later settled as Epiphany, Easter, Midsummer (The Translation of St. Thomas)[1] and Michaelmas sessions. On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Mary Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone help a true neophyte understand what a Quarter Session is? >  Thanks!  Mary > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which >> you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. >> Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides >> with the message subject to which you are replying. >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >>   1. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 >>      (M/QS/SO/1) (Alison Bryan) >>   2. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 >>      (M/QS/SO/1) (Eliz Hanebury) >> >> >> > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Can anyone help a true neophyte understand what a Quarter Session is? Thanks! Mary On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which > you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides > with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 > (M/QS/SO/1) (Alison Bryan) > 2. Re: Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book 1707-1737 > (M/QS/SO/1) (Eliz Hanebury) > > >

Eliz - the links you provide are for indexes (of archives). Generally when something is described as "digitalised" it means the actual document has been scanned and put online. As in old handwriting, etc. Those PDFs are indexes. Under the B/QS, M/QS and R/QS links (all for indexes), there are other links including DIGITALISED. When you're taken to a list of documents that Powys Archives say have been digitalised, here: http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=4253&L=0 ... it then omits the Quarter Sessions. Peter - I would suggest sending and e mail to Powys Archives and asking, since their link doesn't actually lead you anywhere. I too searched the GtJ website, and failed to find anything. Perhaps it is a newly digitalised work? Alison On 17 December 2010 23:28, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: > I went to see and I found a couple of ways to do it, on the right side > of the  pages is a link to it and if your browser can't find it here > is the URL > http://www.powys.gov.uk/uploads/media/B_QS_bi_01.pdf > > if you take note of the id# B QS > > See also Breconshire: Brecknock Museum Transfer Collection for general > Quarter Sessions papers (B/D/BM/S) and Enclosure papers (B/D/BM/E) > > That is at the bottom of the blurb and is a link that will take you to > a whole mother lode of goodies, in the center of the page is > descriptions and the links are on the right with only: > > > B/D/ACA   etc > > > Enjoy > > Eliz > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: >> According to the Powys website at  www.powys.gov.uk page >> http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1038&L=0 the >> "Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1707-1737 (M/QS/SO/1) has been >> digitised". > > > >> >> When I click on the link I get a page on Digitised Records. >> >> I can't see mention of the order book. >> >> I have gone to Gathering the Jewels website but can't find the order book >> there either. >> >> Does anyone know where the digitised order book is? >> >> Regards, >>  Peter Evans >> >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

According to the Powys website at www.powys.gov.uk page http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1038&L=0 the "Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1707-1737 (M/QS/SO/1) has been digitised". When I click on the link I get a page on Digitised Records. I can't see mention of the order book. I have gone to Gathering the Jewels website but can't find the order book there either. Does anyone know where the digitised order book is? Regards, Peter Evans

Hello Margaret I'm sorry if I've missed an earlier reply to this. I'm ready to be shot down for my theories below! I wonder if your gg grandfather actually changed his name at all? Rather in many of the records it would be someone else writing his name for him, an official including the census taker, the rector or vicar. In which case they would be writing what they thought to be his correct name. To take an example, my grandmother was called Maggie. Everyone, including her own son, thought her correct name was Margaret and so would fill in forms on her behalf when she was elderly saying so. After her death, my father discovered she'd been christened and registered as Maggie! At this period, although maybe quite late for this particular part of Wales, surnames hadn't quite established themselves. In Meirionnydd where I live, this was true even up to mid nineteenth century. In which case a person might be known by the old patronymic system, maybe by the old-fashioned, or by the new fangled English surname by the more modern. Even the person themselves might alternate depending with whom or in what context they were talking. This theory is a bit scuppered by the fact that you say John Davies (Williams) was Llewelyn Davies. The Davies bit is alright of course, but may he have been William Llewelyn Davies, so the father's first name becomes the son's second name causing John Williams? Might this explain being unable to find the father's grave - or, of course, maybe he didn't have a headstone. Another theory is that there may be a step parent involved. Was John the elder son and if so are you sure Llewelyn Davies was his father or might he have married John's mother, either Williams herself (unmarried) or previously married to a Williams who died, and John sometimes took his real father's name or sometimes his step father's? Come to think, he wouldn't need to be the elder son for this to be true if Llewelyn Davies had married twice. Maybe all this is a total red herring but might trigger a better reply. Rhian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Crouch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:03 PM Subject: [POWYS] Vaynor and surrounding area Can anyone help me sort out this puzzle? My g g grandfather was named John Davies and was born at Beacons/ Beccwns farm near Gelligaer in Glamorgan in about 1812. He married a Jane Watson in Gelligaer in 1842 though on the marriage certificate he gives his name as John Williams . They went to farm at Llandetty and then at Bodwigiad , Penderyn. The 1851 census has the family of John and Jane Williams living at Bodwigiad farm with their children Llewelyn (after his grandfather), Elizabeth and Gwenllian, all with the surname Williams. However their next child George was born at Bodwigiad in November 1852 and his birth certificate gives his surname as Davies and his parents as John Davies and Jane Davies formerly Watson. The 1861 census has Jane Davies as head of the household at Beccwns farm with no husband but with 2 more children, both born at Gelligaer, Glamorgan. I believe that Llewelyn Davies, father of John who changed his name then changed it back, was buried at Vaynor churchyard but when I went to look for his grave I couldn't find it. I did however find the grave of Llewelyn's son, John's brother, another Llewelyn who kept the Mount Pleasant Inn at Pentwyn, Vochriw, so I think there must be some family connection with Vaynor. Has anyone listed the Monumental Inscriptions for Vaynor Churchyard? Can anyone think of an explanation for the change of name and then the change back to what it was originally? Margaret =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ahhhh got you, I didn't read beyond opening the pdf <G> Eliz On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Alison Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Eliz - the links you provide are for indexes (of archives).  Generally > when something is described as "digitalised" it means the actual > document has been scanned and put online.  As in old handwriting, etc. >  Those PDFs are indexes. > > Under the B/QS, M/QS and R/QS links (all for indexes), there are other > links including DIGITALISED. > > When you're taken to a list of documents that Powys Archives say have > been digitalised, here: > http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=4253&L=0 ... it then omits the > Quarter Sessions. > > Peter - I would suggest sending and e mail to Powys Archives and > asking, since their link doesn't actually lead you anywhere.  I too > searched the GtJ website, and failed to find anything.  Perhaps it is > a newly digitalised work? > > Alison > > > > On 17 December 2010 23:28, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: >> I went to see and I found a couple of ways to do it, on the right side >> of the  pages is a link to it and if your browser can't find it here >> is the URL >> http://www.powys.gov.uk/uploads/media/B_QS_bi_01.pdf >> >> if you take note of the id# B QS >> >> See also Breconshire: Brecknock Museum Transfer Collection for general >> Quarter Sessions papers (B/D/BM/S) and Enclosure papers (B/D/BM/E) >> >> That is at the bottom of the blurb and is a link that will take you to >> a whole mother lode of goodies, in the center of the page is >> descriptions and the links are on the right with only: >> >> >> B/D/ACA   etc >> >> >> Enjoy >> >> Eliz >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: >>> According to the Powys website at  www.powys.gov.uk page >>> http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1038&L=0 the >>> "Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1707-1737 (M/QS/SO/1) has been >>> digitised". >> >> >> >>> >>> When I click on the link I get a page on Digitised Records. >>> >>> I can't see mention of the order book. >>> >>> I have gone to Gathering the Jewels website but can't find the order book >>> there either. >>> >>> Does anyone know where the digitised order book is? >>> >>> Regards, >>>  Peter Evans >>> >>> >>> =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for responding. Looks as though I will have to go down that road. Sam Happy Christmas ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann bryan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] for Sam Ashton Sorry to but in, but have you tried 192.com? Worth a go as you might find him on the voting register. He may have opted to be anon , but still worth a free try. Ann. --- On Fri, 17/12/10, Norma Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: From: Norma Whitaker <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] for Sam Ashton To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 17 December, 2010, 18:13 Hi Sam, If you don't get another response from the list, you might try an old-fashioned approach, and send a letter to the editor of the newspaper in Bristol. In the days prior to email, I had great success that way. Just a short letter explaining who (and why) I was seeking, and some sort of contact information, resulted in a wonderful reply. If Alun Ashton himself does not see your letter, somebody who knows him might! (An internet search, and/or your local public library, will provide the name of the appropriate newspaper.) (My "people" were in Dorset. I contacted the Denver Public Library, and was given info for two newspapers. I picked one to write to; it turned out to be a weekly rather than daily, and led to the discovery of a previously unknown cousin -- who read the newspaper after she returned from holiday!) Good luck! Norma Whitaker across the Pond in Colorado, USA On Dec 17, 2010, at 1:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > ate: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:56:54 -0000 > From: "Sam" <[email protected]> > Subject: [POWYS] Family Research > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm trying to get in touch with the following person. The only address I > have is from 20-30 years ago: > > Mr Alun Ashton > 46 Springfield Road > Mangotsfield > Bristol > > I'd be grateful for any help.. > > Frank (Sam) Ashton =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for your ideas Norma. Haven't had any response so I may well have to go down that road. Regards and a Happy Christmas Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Whitaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] for Sam Ashton > Hi Sam, > If you don't get another response from the list, you might try an > old-fashioned approach, and send a letter to the editor of the newspaper > in Bristol. In the days prior to email, I had great success that way. > Just a short letter explaining who (and why) I was seeking, and some sort > of contact > information, resulted in a wonderful reply. If Alun Ashton himself does > not see your letter, somebody who knows him might! (An internet search, > and/or your local public library, will provide the name of the appropriate > newspaper.) > (My "people" were in Dorset. I contacted the Denver Public Library, and > was given info for two newspapers. I picked one to write to; it turned > out to be a weekly rather than daily, and led to the discovery of a > previously unknown cousin -- who read the newspaper after she returned > from holiday!) > > Good luck! > Norma Whitaker > across the Pond in Colorado, USA > > > On Dec 17, 2010, at 1:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> ate: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:56:54 -0000 >> From: "Sam" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [POWYS] Family Research >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I'm trying to get in touch with the following person. The only address I >> have is from 20-30 years ago: >> >> Mr Alun Ashton >> 46 Springfield Road >> Mangotsfield >> Bristol >> >> I'd be grateful for any help.. >> >> Frank (Sam) Ashton > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I went to see and I found a couple of ways to do it, on the right side of the pages is a link to it and if your browser can't find it here is the URL http://www.powys.gov.uk/uploads/media/B_QS_bi_01.pdf if you take note of the id# B QS See also Breconshire: Brecknock Museum Transfer Collection for general Quarter Sessions papers (B/D/BM/S) and Enclosure papers (B/D/BM/E) That is at the bottom of the blurb and is a link that will take you to a whole mother lode of goodies, in the center of the page is descriptions and the links are on the right with only: B/D/ACA etc Enjoy Eliz On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Peter Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the Powys website at  www.powys.gov.uk page > http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=1038&L=0 the > "Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1707-1737 (M/QS/SO/1) has been > digitised". > > When I click on the link I get a page on Digitised Records. > > I can't see mention of the order book. > > I have gone to Gathering the Jewels website but can't find the order book > there either. > > Does anyone know where the digitised order book is? > > Regards, >  Peter Evans > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sorry to but in, but have you tried 192.com? Worth a go as you might find him on the voting register. He may have opted to be anon , but still worth a free try. Ann. --- On Fri, 17/12/10, Norma Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: From: Norma Whitaker <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] for Sam Ashton To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 17 December, 2010, 18:13 Hi Sam,     If you don't get another response from the list, you might try an old-fashioned approach, and send a letter to the editor of the newspaper in Bristol.   In the days prior to email, I had great success that way.  Just a short letter explaining who (and why) I was seeking, and some sort of contact information, resulted in a wonderful reply.   If Alun Ashton himself does not see your letter, somebody who knows him might!    (An internet search, and/or your local public library, will provide the name of the appropriate newspaper.)     (My "people" were in Dorset.  I contacted the Denver Public Library, and was given info for two newspapers.  I picked one to write to; it turned out to be a weekly rather than daily, and led to the discovery of a previously unknown cousin -- who read the newspaper after she returned from holiday!)      Good luck!         Norma Whitaker         across the Pond in Colorado, USA On Dec 17, 2010, at 1:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > ate: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:56:54 -0000 > From: "Sam" <[email protected]> > Subject: [POWYS] Family Research > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm trying to get in touch with the following person. The only address I have is from 20-30 years ago: > > Mr Alun Ashton > 46 Springfield Road > Mangotsfield > Bristol > > I'd be grateful for any help.. > > Frank (Sam) Ashton =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message