Hello Evelyn,
The Parish church of Ystradyfodwg is built upon the foundations of a much
older church. The registers start as many Welsh parish records about 1719 -
though the BTs [Bishops' Transcripts] start at 1717. There are no earlier
registers as sadly the parish was not a rich one or /and it didn't matter to
the parishioners or the incumbent, and as parchment was expensive,
apparently no copies were made from the paper registers onto new parchment
registers and so earlier registers have not survived.
Amongst the MIs though [MIs = Monumental Inscriptions] is an early one dated
1629. As David [Bolton ] has explained there were no other churches then
within the very large parish of Ystradyfodwg, later renamed the Rhondda
Valley.
You have not told the List what your Great Great grandparents's names were,
so I cannot search for their burials at St Johns. I will of course, if you
can let me have their respective names.
There is a postcard photo of the older church on my website.
http://www.welshchapelsandchurches.org/rhondda/ystrad/index.htm
My best wishes, Jill
Photographs of Welsh Chapels and Churches
http://www.welshchapelsandchurches.org/
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On Behalf Of Evelyn Clarke
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:07 PM
To: glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [GLA] Parish Church, Ystradyfodwg
Hello
My Great Great Grandparents married 17th January 1881 in the Parish Church
of Ystradyfodwg - they were both residing in Treorchy at the time of the
marriage - can anyone tell me what church this would have been and if it is
still a place of worship ???
Many thanks
Evelyn
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