Hi Ann! You obviously have a problem in that, owing to adult baptism, birth records of Baptists were kept only very piecemeal in their own registers. However, those born after 1837 should have been subject to civil registrartion. The only thing I can think of is to go carefully through the general indexes, though if it's still WILLIAMS you're after you'll need bags of patience. I assume your Llanrhystyd ancestor was a one off but if there were connections further up the coast from Cardigan, these (like Llanrhstyd) may well have come under the Aberystwyth registration district. Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <Anndriscoll@aol.com> To: <WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:32 PM Subject: [WLS-CGN] Baptist faith > Hi, can someone please tell me where followers of the Baptist faith in the > early to mid 1800's may have recorded the birth of their children? I am > trying to find parents of ancestors who I believe were Baptists, before civil > registration, and after. Cardigan Register office have no record of one born > circa 1870, and I can find no trace of his parents' birth/baptism either, circa > 1835-45. > > The NLW say they do not hold any such records so I am at a loss where to look > next. > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > Thanks again > > Ann > > > ==== WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Genuki CGN > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/ >