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 >

Hello Eliz. I'd recommend: `Hope and Heartbreak, A social history of Wales and the Welsh, 1776-1871,` Russell Davies, University of Wales Press, ISBN 0-7083-1932-7. Entertaining as well as informative and instructive. Heddwch Mike. Mike Llywelyn Cox [email protected] http://www.ppeyes.org.uk http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com A NSUN (http://www.nsun.org.uk) member A http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member. Family History www.wotashower.co.uk On 19 Dec 2010, at 22:24, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > 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 POWYS- >> [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 POWYS- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

If I can find it, it sounds perfect, thanks Eliz On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mike Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Eliz. > > I'd recommend: `Hope and Heartbreak, A social history of Wales and > the Welsh, 1776-1871,` Russell Davies, University of Wales Press, > ISBN 0-7083-1932-7. Entertaining as well as informative and instructive. > > Heddwch > > Mike. > > Mike Llywelyn Cox > [email protected] > http://www.ppeyes.org.uk > http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com > A NSUN (http://www.nsun.org.uk) member > A http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member. > Family History www.wotashower.co.uk > > On 19 Dec 2010, at 22:24, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > >> 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 POWYS- >>> [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 POWYS- >> [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 >