In a message dated 2/8/04 7:01:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Ann, I think the IGI is a wonderful tool but everything must be checked for accuracy. IF the record came from the name extraction program (where names were extracted from an actual record such as a BT) then its probably accurate. If however, it came from a patron sheet, skip it. What I mean by a patron sheet is that someone with the Mormon Church sent in the record and may or may not be correct. I have some dealings with patron sheets and I don't touch them with a ten foot pole now. LDS knows that there are many mistakes in the IGI. As I said above, I would check the actual record. In fact, you should anyway. I don't have any Roberts in my family but I have senn that name in that area of Wales. It's not that common, however. The Parish of Llanbadarn Fawr is noted for lots of people from other areas of Wales and England being married there. I don't think it was a Gretna Green but I believe I was told it was because it was close to Aberystwyth and lots of people came there because it was a seaport. Annie > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 08:09:53 EST > From: AnnSnowdrop@aol.com > > > > > > 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 > > >