Dear John, Nothing sensitive or confidential - just carelessly clicked 'reply' to John Jones instead of 'reply to all'. Force of habit. Here's what I wrote approximately: Try looking for Pwll-yr-hwyaid (Duck Pond or Pool) on 1:2500 O.S. coverage. As a general rule, 'h' was not pronounced in many southern Welsh dialects. A quaint and sometimes confusing (to outsiders) consequence of this is that monoglot English speaking residents of the valleys usually drop the 'h' in their speech especially within 'informal' contexts. Pwll-y-wyad is faithful to the local pronounciation of what the dictionary and ordnance survey map may define as Pwll-yr-hwyaid. When in Rome .... OR Tre-arris OR 'Irwin! Emyr -----Original Message----- From: John Ball [mailto:wfha@clara.co.uk] Sent: 30 May 2004 19:15 To: DYFED-L(a)rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Pembrey 1881 Address (Crossposting) John Jones <johnjones(a)twlc.biz&gt; wrote: I am presuming that "Pwll y Hwyad" ("Duck Pond" according to Emyr Morgan) was in fact in the centre of Pembrey Village or there abouts. Thanks again to you John, and thanks to Emyr and Pauline for chipping in here too. =================== Dear Listers (especially Emyr and Pauline), It's clear from John Jones's message (above) that some of the answers he received to his original question about "Pwlly Wyad" were sent to him privately rather than through the List. This really defeats one of the main objects of the List -- to enable *everyone* to learn from the answers to the questions posed on the List. Unless they are merely "thank you" messages, or contain sensitive material, answers should be sent via the List so that we can *all* benefit from them. To ensure this happens, when you reply, always ensure that Dyfed-L(a)rootsweb.com (or Dyfed-D(a)rootsweb.com) appears in the "To:" section of your e-mail header. Kind regards, John Ball ---------------------------- Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK E-mail: wfha(a)clara.co.uk Homepage: http://home.clara.net/wfha/ Images of Wales: http://home.clara.net/wfha/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <johnjones(a)twlc.biz&gt; To: <DYFED-L(a)rootsweb.com&gt; Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 4:58 AM Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Pembrey 1881 Address (Crossposting) Hi John. Thanks for that very clear explanation. I will certainly do as you suggest. I am presuming that "Pwll y Hwyad" ("Duck Pond" according to Emyr Morgan) was in fact in the centre of Pembrey Village or there abouts. The family you found there on the 1881 are my ancestors. So before I do anything else I'll be off to the Llanelli Registrar's Office on Tuesday (Wonder if they are open at all this week?), I have a bunch of certs to get there if they are indeed the Registrar for that part of Pembrey during the CENT 19. Thanks again to you John, and thanks to Emyr and Pauline for chipping in here too. John Our Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jonaly/ Our Gedcom: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonny2 Our contact emails: johnjones(a)twlc.biz sandrajones(a)twlc.biz --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 28/05/2004 ==== DYFED Mailing List ==== Dyfed FHS http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/