Hi Maureen, You probably have these records but just in case there is another clue: New-probertcd3 Query2 First Name Last Name Age Event Mo/Da Year Parish/Town Location Parents Spouse Occupation Comments First Name of Submitters Last Name of Submitters elizabeth probert 40 census 00-00 1871 llanbachhowey,llanbedr,painscastle radnor lived with james smith-wife,eliz price blind from birth Mareen Jenkins, researcher's records of Powys(Mar.2, 2001) Mareen Jenkins elizabeth probert 30 census 00-00 1861 bettws disserth,builth brecon niece of ? unmarried blind - lf36l-p1 Powys, Wales Census of 1861 elizabeth probert 30 census 00-00 1861 gwyn-fach powys niece unmarried blind Powys Family History Society, 1861 Census for Radnor elizabeth probert 30 census 00-00 1861 gwyn-fach,bettws,disserth radnor niece of sarah price-b1801 unmarried blind/g-moth head of house 1861 Census, Radnor, Powys, Family History Society elizabeth probert 22 census 00-00 1851 yirnsbach,(llandrindod?) radnor niece of william price-b1798 unmarried niece of farmer/minister's daughter/blind Recyclegen.com - records ----- Original Message ----- From: <MJen512444@aol.com> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Selina Beaven Breconshire > Hello Diana, > > The best way for you to find out about Skkynlas I suppose, is to look at > the > National Library of Wales website, and type in Skynlas. > > For now though. I can tell you it is Glasebury. Now there are two parts > to > Glasebury. Half in Breconshire and half in Radnorshire. So, borderline > in > any case. > > Llandeilo Graban is in Radnorshire, but close to the border with > Breconshire. Llandewi Cwm is just over the border into Breconshire, and > one of my > family moved to a farm there in 1891. > > The next parish from Llandeilo Graban is Llanbedr Painscastle, which is > not > far from Hay on Wye. > > The Skynlas connection goes back to the early 1800s and even into the > 1700s. > > There is an elizabeth Probert, blind from birth according to the census > information, and she seems to have been shunted from one of the family to > the > next in each census year. But, she was connected to the Smith side of my > family > from Llanbedr Painscastle. And it was the Smith line that married into > the > Baptist cause. > > Elizabeth Probert was a daughter of Revd. Evan Probert. I believe he > died > in Bristol. I was told that, I have not found him. A cousin in Florida > and I > took a great interest in poor Elizabeth Probert. > > If you think I am being too vague, then I am sorry. But, I have been > doing > family history research for 26 years, so have gathered all sorts of > information from all over the country in that time. Not through the > internet either. > Ground work mostly. So, you see, I have hundreds of names and places > floating around in my head. Some of the details buried just below the > surface. > > If I find anything more specifice for you,I shall be sure and let you > know. > Don't worry. > > At present though, I am very tied up helping someone from Llanelli with > their tree, so my head is full of that at the moment. > > Good to hear from you though. > thanks, > > Maureen > > > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message