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From: "Tomi Larson" <tomil23(a)hotmail.com>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:49 PM
Subject: [POWYS] Parish of St Elli
Hello,
Would someone please give me a mailing address for the Parish Church of St
Elli, Abergavenny Rd, Gilwern? I am mailing a letter from New York, so
need a more specific address. Thank you!
Tomi
One can check such addresses from the Church in Wales database at
http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/rb/church.php. Typing the dedication "St
Elli" into the box will offer you two different places, from which you can
select as your first choice St Elli or St Ellyw, Gilwern, in the parish of
Llanelli. Clicking on the name of the parish will then reveal the address
of the current vicar.
However, this begs the question of exactly why you wish to write to the
church in the first place (assuming that it has something to do with
genealogy). If it has anything to do with access to older registers, you
should initially be enquiring from the county record office - not from the
church. The book "Parish Registers of Wales" and the web page at
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/Llanelli/index.html both indicate that
the early registers are deposited with the Gwent Record Office
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?....
When genealogical enquiries are sent direct to the churches (which still
happens all too frequently), it tends merely to cause extra work for the
incumbent, and unnecessary delay for the correspondent (assuming that they
ever receive any reply at all).
AJ