Dear Lloyd, Thank you so much for letting me know. That makes a huge difference to me! best wishes Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Lewis" <lloyd.lewis1@virgin.net> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Selina Beaven Breconshire > Hi, > > The National Library holds the church records for Llanfair Clydogau as > follows: > > Christenings 1748-1813, 1813-1910 > Marriages 1748-53, 1755-1810, 1813-1970 > Burials 1748-1811, 1813-1965 > BTs. 1676, 1678-9, 1684, 1686, 1799, 1806, 1808-9, 1811-16, > 1818-34, 1836, > 1838-40.1853-4, 1859-80, 1882. > > Hope this will help in your research. > > Regards > Lloyd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Little Warren Farm" <littlewarrenfarm@btinternet.com> > To: <powys@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Selina Beaven Breconshire > > >> Dear Maureen, >> >> thank you your email and for all the information you have given me. >> Glasbury is a good place for me to start so I will do as you suggest and > go >> on to the NLW website and see what I can find. I am coming to the end > of >> chasing my Jenkins all over Wales - I have eliminated most lines of > Jenkins >> families. I do have a problem as they may been in Llanfair Clydogau at >> some stage and I was told that the records there are destroyed, which > means >> that I will never know. I try to find all the branches of the >> family >> such as the Beavens as that I find is often a clue as to where the rest > came >> from. >> >> Thank you again and do keep me in mind if you do ever find anything or >> anything comes to mind. The main one I am looking for is Richard > Jenkins >> 1776 and died 1843 gentleman of Tredegar. >> >> with best wishes >> Diana >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <MJen512444@aol.com> >> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:00 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 >> > >> >> >> >> =================== >> 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 > > > =================== > 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 >