It's a truly beautiful part of Wales and every time I visit I come away with
a nice warm feeling. Last Summer I had a grand time wandering around looking
at old family farm houses and cottages one of which is C17th and though
updated internally still looks much as it would have done when built.
Cheers
David Stick
----- Original Message -----
From: <wi11iam4.t.1913(a)tesco.net>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>; <peachie13329(a)yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Let's hear about your research problems!
I'm due to meet two cousins from Llanbrynmair for the first time
next
Tuesday !! That's whereMY family originated and lots of them are still
there.
Tudor
---- Arlene Metzler <peachie13329(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have tried researching a third cousin named Wermickr (Guen) Jones
> address was Avondale Green Lane Corwen Mer. Wales No such luck. Got the
> address from an old post card. Arlene
>
>
> LIVE SIMPLY, LOVE GENEROUSLY, CARE DEEPLY, SPEAK KINDLY
> AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD.
>
> --- On Mon, 7/7/08, David Stick <davidstick(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> From: David Stick <davidstick(a)btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Let's hear about your research problems!
> To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 8:39 AM
>
> John
>
> Another topic that I'm always surprised doesn't come up more frequently
> is
> the social history aspect of our hobby.
>
> It's all very well to chase names and we must all start here but there is
> so
> much more to add about life in our ancestor's times. My own family came
> from
> LlanbrynMair originally and it has been fascinating reading about that
> parish down the ages and how life was conducted.
>
> Another aspect so often forgotten is that of the homes that our ancestors
> lived in. I have been quite astonished at how many still survive. During
> a
> recent holiday I was able to visit a large number that I had no previous
> knowledge of some as early as C15th. One or two would seem to have
> changed
> very little.
>
> I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has actually
> researched
> an old family home and its history. There must be books to help with this
> type of research and sources from which to gather information. Anyone
> tried?
>
> Kind regards
> David Stick
>
> [The Ellis Jones' of Ystrad Fawr are my ancestors]
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