Good hunting, Clive
Hilary
-----Original Message-----
From: powys-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Clive
Gardener
Sent: 27 June 2012 23:08
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Good News! - BRE, MGY and RAD parish records on FindMyPast website
Hi Hilary
Thanks for your reply.
In the end I simply tried the name, plus the known year, leaving the county and place
fields blank, but there were still NO results for the first two quoted examples!
I've built up quite a list of BMD enquiries concerning Llangattock residents, so the
visit to the Powys County Archives Office should be quite productive. I don't know
what it is, but putting the name and year into a search form and then clicking on the
button 'Search' doesn't quite have the same resonance as running your eye down
a list of names in a register (on paper or film) and then coming to a halt at the actual
name of the person you are looking for, written in ink, in the original handwriting . . .
Many thanks for the information about the three separate parishes in Brecon.
Best regards
Clive
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hillary Williams" <williams.o.h(a)ic24.net>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Good News! - BRE,MGY and RAD parish records on FindMyPast website
Hi Clive and All,
Have not subscribed yet and having read your message, thought I would
do a quick trial search. One thing I found was that you have to put
the County and Parish spellings as seen in the Welsh Parish Coverage
pdf on the Find my Past site
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/welsh-collection/parish-registers .
From here you can go into the separate pdf pages to show the Parishes
coverage for Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. and see how the Parish
names are spelt as well as seeing the dates covered. So, for example,
in Brecknockshire (not Breconshire), Crickadarn is spelt as Crucadarn.
Crickadarn spelling brought up nothing for me, but Crucadarn had the
full coverage for my surname of interest
You may well have worked this out already, but just in case.......
As regards your ancestor, remember that Brecon was divided into 3
Parishes, Brecon, St David, Brecon St John (and Brecon St John the
Evangelist) and Brecon, St Mary.
All the best,
Hilary
-----Original Message-----
From: powys-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com]
On Behalf Of Clive Gardener
Sent: 27 June 2012 12:40
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Good News! - BRE, MGY and RAD parish records on
FindMyPast website
Hi John
I was pleased to hear, until . . .
The thought occurred to me to test the findmypast search facility, by
checking the baptism for Henry Thomas Payne at Llangattock,
Brecknockshire, on 30th November 1760. However, I have received the
message that there are NO results! Another entry that I understand is
present in the Llangattock parish records (from past correspondence
via the POWYS list) is the burial of Edward Kendall at Llangattock in
March
1807 - but, again, no results . .
. !
I'm also interested in the burial of William Williams, who died at
Brecon on 27th April 1812, but there also doesn't seem to be a record
for him, either.
On first trial it would appear that the coverage is not quite so wide
or so accurate as claimed . . . ?
Looks like I'll have to make the anticipated journey to the Powys
County Archives Office after all!
Best regards
Clive Gardener
www.secret-bottletop.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ball" <john(a)jlb2011.co.uk>
To: "Powys List" <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: [POWYS] Good News! - BRE,MGY and RAD parish records on
FindMyPast website
> Dear Listers,
>
> You'll be pleased to hear that FindMyPast.co.uk has now made
> available on its website the parish registers and other records for
> the remaining Welsh counties, including the three counties comprising
> Powys.
>
> The news statement placed on the FindMyPast website today reads:
> ----------------
> We have just published 2 million new Welsh parish registers.
> This means that you can now search 5,924,611 records of Church in
> Wales parish registers on findmypast.co.uk:
> Baptisms: 2,083,430 records covering 1538-1912 – see detailed
> coverage
> (PDF)
> Marriages: 1,226,650 records covering 1539-1927 – see detailed
> coverage
> (PDF)
> Banns: 557,078 records covering 1603-1927 – see detailed coverage
> (PDF)
> Burials: 2,057,453 records covering 1539-2007 – see detailed coverage
> (PDF)
>
> These records cover the following counties: Anglesey, Brecknockshire,
> Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire,
> Flintshire, Glamorganshire, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire,
> Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.
>
> These new records follow the first release of Welsh parish registers
> earlier this year. This is the first time that the complete Welsh
> parish baptism, marriage and death records have been made available
> online.
> -----------------
>
> Read the full statement and follow the links for further details at:
>
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/news/wales-june12
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> John
> --------------------
> John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK
> Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists
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