Hello Dawn, This may/may not be of help to you but never know until you try,right? My Chambers Family who moved over the border to Wales from Hereford lived in a village called Burghill and at least one of the Chambers family married into the Walters/Warlters family there .Katherine Chambers married William Walters at Hereford Cathedral in 1746. Hereford is about 25 miles from Abergavenny so not that far away. Lots of people from that area migrated to the ironworks areas looking for work so worth a look at the Burghill Registers I would think. If you find a Burghill connection I would love to know, regards Jill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "D & H Stanton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:44 AM Subject: [POWYS] Parish Registers to search? > Hello again Listers, > > I am still searching WATERS/WALTERS and I really don't know where to look, > now. > I think I might have to search every Parish Register between Monmouthshire > and Brecon!! Unfortunately, I think the family is gone before 1841 Census, > so looking at BDM's pre 1837. > > Highly likely the name is sometimes WATERS, sometimes WALTERS. Possibility > my 'tree' only flowered once in Wales, with 3xGrtGrandmother, SARAH, born > abt. 1815(transported 1833) - roots may lie in a border County and > migrated > into Wales for the Iron Ore and/or Coal; however, I have seen a few > WALTERS > who may well have been around for a while. I have a few definite RECORDED > FACTS. so I figure if I join the dots on the map (or somebody who knows > what > they're looking at, does that) some likely Parishes might emerge to be > searched. > > Death Cert info - born Abergavenny (nothing on Baps, but could be > somewhere > in 'hundred of Abergavenny') - possibilty baptised elsewhere when > convenient. > Baptism for Sarah WALTERS in Llanelly in 1817, parents John & Sarah. > (Death > Cert info says parents John & Martha - could be informant error.) Court > records show Sarah > 16yrs in Jan, 17 yrs in Oct, 1832. Baptism can be years after birth. > Known Parishes where Sarah resided (per Court Records) - St.Michael Cwmdu > and St. Michael Cathedine (both searched by Powys Archives Research - no > result.) > > LDS film for LLanelly showed a DEATH of JOHN WATERS in 1826, aged 33yrs, > abode - BRYN MAWR. This is a perfect match, for someone probably at the > Iron > Works > and leaving an 11yr old daughter, I believe, to fend for herself. No other > info on Burial List. Mother may have died years previously, re-married, or > simply, "left". > > Drawing a line from Abergavenny to Llanelly to Cwmdu and Cathedine - can > somebody tell me the likely Parishes in-between, to search for BDM's re > WALTERS and/or WATERS??? > Apologies for lengthy query; if you have read this, thank you for your > patience. > > Tried working it out on Genuki but ashamed to say, I keep getting lost!! > Really desperate now, if I don't find anything this time round, I may have > to admit defeat. All suggestions welcome and any help truly appreciated. > Thank you. > > Kind regards, > Dawn Stanton (Tasmania) > > > =================== > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3248 - Release Date: 11/10/10 >