I’ve been digging into my Powell ancestry, much as did Margaret Harvey (and Dorrie Carver
before her). Generally located in the parishes of Llandinam, Abbey-cwmhir and St Harmon. I
now know that I’m going to have to learn a lot more about the Baptists in these parts.
Fotunately, I’ve found a good resource - the Internet Archive. This has downloadable PDF
files of many old texts, many of which are searchable. For example, I found “History of
the Welsh Baptists” by J. Davis 1835, “A History of the Baptist Association in Wales” by
Joshua Thomas 1795 and “Vavasor Powell’s Impartial Triall” by Evans and Griffith, 1654.
They also have texts in Welsh. If you’re interested, try this link:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=welsh%20baptists%20AND%20mediatype%3...
Naturally, I’d like to hear from anyone else who’s also working in this area. My
g-g-grandfather was Abraham Powell, born 1800, farming at the Waun Cwm Nant-y-stabl just
north of Bwlch-y-Sarnau.
Mike Powell