Does anyone on the list have access to the parish records of Llanboidy please? I am trying to find the marriage of Thomas MORRIS (of St Issells) to an Elizabeth (surname unknown) of Llanboidy - apparently the registration area for Llanboidy is Narberth, Pembs and before I have to trawl through all the registration fiche prior to 1844 I wondered if someone help me with a short cut! I am assuming they married before the birth of their son Lewis (c1844) Any information would be appreciated. Ray PS I am also cross-listing this to Dyfed just in case!

Thank you to all who replied. I had not recieved any messages in 2 days.Started recieving when I sent out my test message but still have not recieved the 2 missing days. Thanks again Johanna > Testing to see if working. I haven't recieved any emails from any of the > sites I use. > Johanna >

It is working, just quiet. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "darryl & johanna" <darryl2@gate.net> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] TEST > Testing to see if working. I haven't recieved any emails from any of the > sites I use. > Johanna > >

Testing to see if working. I haven't recieved any emails from any of the sites I use. Johanna

I'm delighted to report that we now have a full set of volunteers for the Dyfed FHS 1841 and 1851 Pembrokeshire census series apart from the district of Newport on both and the Cenarth District [only the Pem part] on the 1851. Now it would be really nice to have the complete set covered if any one else out there would like to help........... Also, for all the various entries, it is always useful to have more than one volunteer for any one item, so if someone would like to join in please contact me. Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. tirbach@clara.co.uk Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html

Hi everybody, This is an off-topic posting which appears with the kind permission of the Listowner Do you have theatrical ancestors or have knowledge of them? Why not join the THEATRE-UK mailing list. How to subscribe. Send a message to THEATRE-UK-L-request@rootsweb.com or for Digest mode - THEATRE-UK-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command subscribe and no additional text. Researching family history can be difficult at the best of times. Researching ancestors who were actors, music hall performers etc. can be a real pain! They were never in one place for very long, they changed their names to suit themselves and very often they weren't particularly accurate about their age. This list is for the discussion of theatre history. The buildings, the troupes, the actors and players, the acts and the plays. With luck you might find the little snippet of information you need to track down your elusive ancestor, or maybe a list-member can provide you with some details of your ancestors career. Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for the THEATRE-UK and the JASSIE surname lists.

To: <WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:22 PM > Hi everybody, > Do you have theatrical ancestors or have knowledge of them? Why not join > the THEATRE-UK mailing list. > How to subscribe. Send a message to > > THEATRE-UK-L-request@rootsweb.com or for Digest mode - > THEATRE-UK-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains (in the body of the message) the command > > subscribe > > and no additional text. > > > Researching family history can be difficult at the best of times. > Researching ancestors who were actors, music hall performers etc. can be > a real pain! They were never in one place for very long, they changed > their names to suit themselves and very often they weren't particularly > accurate about their age. > This list is for the discussion of theatre history. The buildings, the > troupes, the actors and players, the acts and the plays. With luck you > might find the little snippet of information you need to track down your > elusive ancestor, or maybe a list-member can provide you with some > details of your ancestors career. > > Regards, > Dave Jassie - List Administrator for the THEATRE-UK and the JASSIE > surname lists. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Hi, I wonder if there is anybody with access to the 1841 census for Dinas who could do a look-up for me please. I am looking for an Eleanor Evans (maiden name) or Harries (married name) born about 1823, Dinas. If she is already married by 1841, her husband would be Levi Harries, mariner. Her son was born at Penfflyman, Dinas in 1846. Don't know if this was her family residence or not. Any help would be much appreciated. I seem to be asking for help a lot at the moment. Hopefully I can return the favour and help somebody else sometime. Thanks again, Heather

Hello again, I have just received the will of my ancestor Levi Harries of Dinas, Pembrokeshire. The following are witnesses to the will and I wondered if anybody recognised them. The main will is dated 1879 and the witnesses are Joseph Harries, Glanmor John Harries A further part has been added in 1880 and this time the witnesses are listed as Mary Harries, Glanmor Joseph Harries, chemist, Glanmor Can anybody locate Glanmor for me please? If anybody recognises any of the above I would like to hear from you. Thanks Heather

A lady called 'Mary' kindly posted an extract from the above book to the list last October, and I put it on the Pem 'Not everyone knows this page'. Sue Mackay, the Gla FHs membership secretary[ sue.mackay@virgin.net ] found the entry via her search engine and would like to contact her about this I have recently cleared out my old list mails so perhaps Mary would 'identify herself' :-) Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. tirbach@clara.co.uk Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html

The NLW have advised me to change their links from the Genuki pages, I show the new ones below. ######## The National Library of Wales. The Department of Manuscripts and Records is now split into three collections: Archives, Manuscripts and Family History with a few other items moved to Digital Mirror: Treasures, these are the current online links;--- National Library home page: http://www.llgc.org.uk/ Archives: http://www.llgc.org.uk/lc/lcs0061.htm Manuscripts: http://www.llgc.org.uk/lc/llaw_s_llaw.htm Family History: http://www.llgc.org.uk/ht/index_s.htm ( Digital Mirror: Treasures: http://www.llgc.org.uk/drych/drych_s004.htm ) Contact information can be found at: http://www.llgc.org.uk/gwyb/gwyb_s002.htm ######## Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. tirbach@clara.co.uk Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html

Hi Christopher, I've found the family you are after in the 1841 census returns for St Issells HO107/1448 district 2 entry 130 at Woodside (that's near Saundersfoot) Nicholas EVANS, head, 45, carpenter Ann, wife, 35 Ann DAVIES, ?mother-in-law, 65, independent Mary, daughter, 19, coal miner John, son, 18, coal miner Thomas, son, 12, coal miner Jeremiah, son, 10, coal miner Henry, son, 8, coal miner Nicholas, son, 6 Martha, daughter, 4 David, son, 6 months All were natives of Pembrokeshire (no other details) They certainly started them young in the pits at that time! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Wright <chrisw@skypoint.com> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:32 AM Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] Nicholas and John Evans > I'm trying to find out something solid about my great grandfather and his > father who .were reportedly from Pembrokeshire in the Narberth district. > My GGF's name is John N. Evans wife Mary He emigrated to the US in 1862 > with his family and settled in Pennsylvania. He was born in 1825; Mary > was born in 1829 in Loveston parish and were married in > Pembrokeshire--I'd guess Loveston around 1849. All children were born > after they'd moved from Pembrokeshire to Glamorganshire before the 1851 > census. > > All the above is accurate and squares with other things we know. I hope > to use this info to sort out his parents, Nicholas Evans and Anne Davies > Evans. We found a marriage record of a Nicholas and Anne at St Issell's > but the children from subsequent baptismal records didn't match what we > thought we knew. In particular there was no John Evans among them. But no > other Nicholas and Anne married at St Issell's. Family notes do have N > and A married and buried at St Issell's, but there aren't any burial > records for either at St Issell's. Hard to know what the story is: John > may have been baptised elsewhere; the St Issell's record may list an > unrelated Nicholas and Anne and John's parents were married elsewhere > about the same time and John (possibly what my son refers to as a miracle > baby...) baptised there. Or the Thomas Evans who was baptized at St > Issell's about the time of John's birth was actually John and when the > church registrar wrote it up he'd heard so many Johns, Thomases and > Williams he got the name wrong. > > I'd be very grateful if someone could do a census lookup to see how many > Nicholas and Anne Evans' there are in the Narberth area and see how their > children match up. They should show up in the 1831 census with John and > maybe 2 other children and in the 1841 census with John and at least 4 > more children. Nicholas was a carpenter, according to family anecdotes > and John started in the mines as a boy of about 7, (What a helluva thing > for a little boy...) probably 1832. If anyone has access to Loveston > parish marriage records, it'd be nice to find out if John and Mary were > married there as the 1851 census has Mary coming from Loveston parish. > > Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant from > chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. > ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864) > http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw > >

I'm trying to find out something solid about my great grandfather and his father who .were reportedly from Pembrokeshire in the Narberth district. My GGF's name is John N. Evans wife Mary He emigrated to the US in 1862 with his family and settled in Pennsylvania. He was born in 1825; Mary was born in 1829 in Loveston parish and were married in Pembrokeshire--I'd guess Loveston around 1849. All children were born after they'd moved from Pembrokeshire to Glamorganshire before the 1851 census. All the above is accurate and squares with other things we know. I hope to use this info to sort out his parents, Nicholas Evans and Anne Davies Evans. We found a marriage record of a Nicholas and Anne at St Issell's but the children from subsequent baptismal records didn't match what we thought we knew. In particular there was no John Evans among them. But no other Nicholas and Anne married at St Issell's. Family notes do have N and A married and buried at St Issell's, but there aren't any burial records for either at St Issell's. Hard to know what the story is: John may have been baptised elsewhere; the St Issell's record may list an unrelated Nicholas and Anne and John's parents were married elsewhere about the same time and John (possibly what my son refers to as a miracle baby...) baptised there. Or the Thomas Evans who was baptized at St Issell's about the time of John's birth was actually John and when the church registrar wrote it up he'd heard so many Johns, Thomases and Williams he got the name wrong. I'd be very grateful if someone could do a census lookup to see how many Nicholas and Anne Evans' there are in the Narberth area and see how their children match up. They should show up in the 1831 census with John and maybe 2 other children and in the 1841 census with John and at least 4 more children. Nicholas was a carpenter, according to family anecdotes and John started in the mines as a boy of about 7, (What a helluva thing for a little boy...) probably 1832. If anyone has access to Loveston parish marriage records, it'd be nice to find out if John and Mary were married there as the 1851 census has Mary coming from Loveston parish. Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant from chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864) http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw

Hello everyone again. We have just left our old address in London for over 35 years for Hertfordshire and hope the move brings some good news Having been quite successful with the more recent members, my father was one of nine, I felt it time to turn to the past. All my descendants appear to stem from the southern part of Pembrokeshire - Monkton, St Twynnells generally - and to date I can see no association with any other areas nor across the pond. Any connection with the following siblings is awaited with keen anticipation. It presently starts with my Gt Gt Grandfather Joseph:- Joseph RICHARDS b.1793 m. 1821 to Elizabeth ? b.1790 (Descendants #) Henry RICHARDS b.1801 m. Jane ? b.1808 James RICHARDS b.1802 m. 7/1/1828 to Jane GRIFFITHS Thomas RICHARDS b.1804 m. Hannah ? (Descendants ##) William RICHARDS b.1808 m. 1834 to Abra ? (Descendants ###) Mary RICHARDS b.1810 m. 1834 to William DAVIS Jane RICHARDS b. 1818 Elizabeth RICHARDS b. 1819 m. 26/3/1850 to William GRIFFITHS Matha RICHARDS b. 1820 m. 13/11/1847 to Thomas SMITH John RICHARDS b.1821 m. Jane ? (Descendants ####) # Joseph & Elizabeth had Thomas b.24/2/1822, Francis b.28/7/1824 & who m. 29/9/1846 Matha Lloyd. Martin b. 28/12/1828 d.24/12/1855. John b.15/4/1831 & who m. Martha ? ## Thomas & Hannah had a son Henry b. 26/8/1834 ### William & Abra had a son Benjamin b.10/3/1835 #### John & Jane had 3 sons, George b. May 1835, John b. 21/2/1835, James b.7/10/1838 We are very anxious to find descendants of any of the above and add to our family of cousins. John Richards. St Albans UK Researching RICHARDS & DUGGAN (Pembs and district) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.250 / Virus Database: 123 - Release Date: 18/04/01

on 3/5/01 2:30 pm, Sandra Davies at sandramdavies@btinternet.com wrote: > Could anyone explain what a 'hearth' is - apart from a fireplace that is? That is exactly what a hearth is - a fireplace. I presume you are referring to the Hearth Tax. The Hearth Tax of 1670 was just another means of extracting money from the populace - an early form of Rates or Community Charge as it is called nowadays. The bigger the house, the more fireplaces or hearths it would have, and so the more the householder was taxed. Some poor folk were excused the tax - they were called paupers in the Hearth Tax returns. They made about half of households. In Pembrokeshire (excluding Haverfordwest), of those paying the tax, 80.5% had one hearth, 12.0% had two and 7.5% had three or more. Picton Castle apparently had ten hearths. Gerry Lewis

Could anyone explain what a 'hearth' is - apart from a fireplace that is?

Many thanks to Helen Lund for pointing out this great site to me. Maritime History http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm Their aim is to present a wide ranging collection of articles covering all aspects of maritime history, although the general emphasis will reflect reflect their own interest in naval history. A site packed with links and content and well worth a visit.. Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. tirbach@clara.co.uk Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html

And let us not forget the Blacksmiths who also had to pay it regards Tony Rogers

Hello, I am writing in the hope that you will be able to assist with my Emlyn (also found as Emlin, Emlen, and other variants) search. If you would please take a moment to visit http://www.universalminds.com/SpreadingBranches/Families/OurAncestors/A-E/E/Emlen/emlen.htm, you will see the information I have gathered thus far. I am searching for any connection of my English branch of Emlen to the Welsh Emlyn. I would very much appreciate any help you may offer. Sincerely, Monica Pleasants Molinar North Pole, Alaska

Lisa Burgess <Lisa.Burgess1@btinternet.com> wrote: Please help all listers. How do I down load a PDF file into ordinary text. ================ Hi Lisa, You need a software program called the Adobe "Acrobat Reader" which is included on many of the "free" CD-Roms attached to computer magazines. You can also download it free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html Kind regards, John ---------------------------------- John Ball, South Wales, UK E-mail: wfha@clara.co.uk Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/index.htm --- This message is certified virus-free by AVG Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.250 / Virus Database: 123 - Release Date: 18/04/2001