Hi Linda,
I'm of no use to you but I can certainly sympathise with you on the
sheer volume of Griffith Williams. I too am looking for a Griffith Williams
& have no exact date or place name except Wales so I'm very interested to
see if you are given any helpful hints. I thought I had found my bloke last
week but I'm now having second thoughts. When I first came across the name
Griffith Williams I thought "You Beaut!" I've got an unusal name to trace.
(Silly me!!!).Good luck.
Karen
Cheers
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: <enoch(a)iinet.net.au>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: [MER] New list member
Hello
New to the list and very new to research in Wales and I'm struggling and
looking for some advise...
My interest is in a WILLIAMS family...
Thomas Williams was born Pennal c1832 - unable to identify his marriage
but
his wife was Eleanor Roberts (born Mold). Their first child was
born
Bolton Lancashire 1865 - subsequent children in Bistre Mold.
I've been unable to find Thomas in 1861 but did find several of his
siblings in the Bolton area of Lancashire 1861. Details vary from census
to
census but Pennal / Eglwysfach / Furnace / Llawrin / Dovey /
Machynleth
are fairly consistent, dates 1829 -1846.
The menfolk were Tea Merchants / travellers and appear quite comfortably
off - married sisters were in similar circumstances.
Marriage certificates for two of the siblings indicate their father was
Griffith Williams a Manufacturer. I had hoped to get a birth certificate
but a search of the GRO indexes reveal
an overwhelming number of entries.
How do other listers tackle the sheer volume of events for a given name
when the birth year is uncertain ??? I am keen to discover what Griffith
was manufacturing!!
Many thanks
Linda
==== WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE Mailing List ====
Cewch ddanfon negeseuon Cymraeg neu Saesneg i'r rhestr hon
This list covers a bilingual area, in which messages in both Welsh and
English are
welcome
==============================
Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for
ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more:
http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx