Hello Jane
Glad to be of use. I gleaned much of the info from others on the Merioneth list , so
I'm just passing it on.
If you do find any Scotch Baptists and want to follow up by looking for graves there are
old cemeteries at both Rohoboth in Harlech and Ramoth in Llanfrothen (Gwynedd FHS has
published the MIs for Ramoth). As virtually all the graves stones are slate even the
older ones are perfectly legible.
Lindsay Roberts lindsayroberts(a)hotmail.co.uk
From: janewright(a)europe.com> To:
wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:01:33 +0100> Subject: Re:
[MER] Non-conformist records - Llanddwywe area> > Hi Lindsay> Your reply to
Lizzie was also very helpful to me.> Thanks> Jane> > ----- Original Message
----- > From: "Lindsay Roberts" <lindsayroberts(a)hotmail.co.uk>> To:
<wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:13 AM>
Subject: Re: [MER] Non-conformist records - Llanddwywe area> > > > Hello
Lizzie> >> > If you exhaust the more common non-conformists without success,
you could > > try the records of the Scotch Baptists. They are a fairly small
Merioneth > > sect (a 'breakaway' group from the Baptists) centred on
Llanfrothen, > > further north, but active in the Ardudwy area especially around the
> > Harlech area in the time you are interested. Some of my family from as > >
far afield as Llanaber and Maentwrog travelled to Rehoboth (the Scotch > > Bapt
chapel in Harlech) to be baptised/married/buried. Unfortunately the > > records that
remain for the Scotch Baptists are scattered around a bit - > > in the National
Library of Wales and in Bangor University Archives. I > > haven't fully explored
the NLW records yet but the Bangor Uni Archives > > hold the 'Ramoth
Registers'. Ramoth is the 'mother' chapel of the Scotch > > Baptists in
Llanfrothen but the registers have a list of members of the > > church not just in
Llanfrothen but across much of Merioneth (Ramoth > > Registers, Bangor, Nos 4165 A
& B). These registers may !> > be a bit early for Owen but you might find the
family listed there. The > > registers give a date of birth (as baptisms for
baptists were adult) of > > the children born to members. Also at Bangor Uni are the
Dewi Eden papers > > which contain various bits and bobs about Rehoboth (Scotch Bapt
chapel at > > Harlech) including a register of births 1823 to 1837.> >>
> If you don't find Owen amongst the Methodists, Independents, Baptists etc >
> you just might find him amongst the Scotch Baptists. Good luck!> > Lindsay>
>> >> From: aspenlea(a)uq.net.au> To: wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Tue, > >> 16 Sep 2008 15:33:03 +1000> Subject: [MER] Non-conformist
records - > >> Llanddwywe area> > I am looking for a baptismal record for
Owen WILLIAMS > >> born around 1838-1840 apparently in Llanddwywe. Having tried
all the > >> usual sources without success, it has been suggested to me that
perhaps > >> this was a Non-conformist baptism. > > Where should I search
for > >> Non-Conformist records for this area, please?> > Lizzie> >
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