Hello Folks Yesterday I had this idea, yep I do get ideas very occasionally! I knew that I had looked for my great granddad DAVID ROBERTS born c1855 on the IGI when I first found out his name from the 1901 census (in 2002) and the fact he came from Aberyswyth, Wales, well that didnt help. Any way yesterday I put in the name again but with Cardigan as the place name (from 1891 census) and eureka I think I have found him BUT how good is the IGI for Llanbadarn Fawr? If you were asking the same question about Suffolk I would say good for most areas but almost non existant for St Marys parish in Bury St Edmunds and a very patchy BTs coverage. But the Record Office is only 20 miles away and I can go and do a whole days ficheing if need be. This is what I found on the IGI John & Margaret ROBERTS parents of David ROBERTS chr 27 May 1855, Llanbadarn fawr, Cardigan (he's the youngest) I also found these children and two marriages of John & Margaret John Roberts & Margaret James m 19-3-1824. I am assuming the first 5 children belong to them John Sep 1828* Richard Nov 1829* John Sep 1832* Thomas Feb 1834* John Dec 1835* John Roberts & Margaret Killing m 11-12-1835 so I am going to asume that they are the parents of my great granddad and 10 of these children John Jan 1836 Richard May 1838 Elizabeth March 1839 Anne Sep 1839 Jane Eliz May 1840 Mary Feb 1841 Edward Feb 1843 Mary Apr 1843 Elizabeth Dec 1844 John Dec 1846 Mary Mar 1850 Ann Jun 1852 Am I on a good trail can I take this info as reliable (apart from the need to double check)? Or is it wishful thinking again? Could anybody look at the 1861 Census and find my David with his dad John as a widower and some of his siblings as according to the Llanbadarnfawr website Margaret Roberts died in 1857? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ceredigwynd/roberts-memorial.html So folks 'How good is the IGI for Llanbadarn fawr?' Can anyone help me build my sapling up to the size of the tree I have grown for my husband here in Suffolk. Regards Ann Taylor nee Roberts Suffolk Visit my Website at http://snowdropsgarden.co.uk

Hi Ann! Fortunately the record of David ROBERTS (b 1855), son of John and Margaret contains the magic words: "Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date." This indicates that the record was part of an extraction programme and not a patron submission so I should say that it's likely to be accurate. By "how good", do you mean how accurate or how comprehensive? Although I live 7 miles from Aberystwyth, I have no genealogical connections so am not in a position to vouch for the comprehensiveness of the LDS work on Llanbadarn Fawr but I believe, from their filming of BTs etc in the National LIbrary here, that extensive work has been done on that parish. Incidentally, until well into the 19th century, Aberystwyth came within the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr so it wouldn't be surprising to find ancestors from the town using this grand old church for their baptisms etc. I assume that this is " your" family from the 1851 census: Cwmpadarn John Roberts Head 36yrs Carpenter . . Margaret Roberts Wife 35yrs . . . Richard Roberts Son 12yrs Scholar . . Jane Roberts Dtr 10yrs Scholar . . John Roberts Son 4yrs Scholar . . Mary Roberts Dtr 1yr Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnSnowdrop@aol.com> To: <WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: [WLS-CGN] How good is the IGI for Llanbadarn Fawr? > Hello Folks > > Yesterday I had this idea, yep I do get ideas very occasionally! > I knew that I had looked for my great granddad DAVID ROBERTS born c1855 on > the IGI when I first found out his name from the 1901 census (in 2002) and the > fact he came from Aberyswyth, Wales, well that didnt help. > > Any way yesterday I put in the name again but with Cardigan as the place name > (from 1891 census) and eureka I think I have found him BUT how good is the > IGI for Llanbadarn Fawr? > > If you were asking the same question about Suffolk I would say good for most > areas but almost non existant for St Marys parish in Bury St Edmunds and a > very patchy BTs coverage. But the Record Office is only 20 miles away and I can > go and do a whole days ficheing if need be. > > > This is what I found on the IGI > > John & Margaret ROBERTS parents of > > David ROBERTS chr 27 May 1855, Llanbadarn fawr, Cardigan (he's the youngest) > > I also found these children and two marriages of John & Margaret > John Roberts & Margaret James m 19-3-1824. > I am assuming the first 5 children belong to them > > John Sep 1828* > Richard Nov 1829* > John Sep 1832* > Thomas Feb 1834* > John Dec 1835* > > John Roberts & Margaret Killing m 11-12-1835 so I am going to asume that they > are the parents of my great granddad and 10 of these children > > John Jan 1836 > Richard May 1838 > Elizabeth March 1839 > Anne Sep 1839 > Jane Eliz May 1840 > Mary Feb 1841 > Edward Feb 1843 > Mary Apr 1843 > Elizabeth Dec 1844 > John Dec 1846 > Mary Mar 1850 > Ann Jun 1852 > > Am I on a good trail can I take this info as reliable (apart from the need to > double check)? > Or is it wishful thinking again? > > Could anybody look at the 1861 Census and find my David with his dad John as > a widower and some of his siblings as according to the Llanbadarnfawr website > Margaret Roberts died in 1857? > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ceredigwynd/roberts-memorial.html > > > So folks 'How good is the IGI for Llanbadarn fawr?' Can anyone help me build > my sapling up to the size of the tree I have grown for my husband here in > Suffolk. > > Regards > > Ann Taylor nee Roberts > > Suffolk > > > > Visit my Website at http://snowdropsgarden.co.uk > > > ==== WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Welsh Family History Archive http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/index.htm >