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Thanks for looking for me I appreciate it.

It looks like there is potentially a copy of the same book referenced from the FamilySearch library at the National Library of Wales so I will submit an enquiry to them to see if they can have a look at it for me!

There is details on FamilySearch which provide details about it from the Family Search Library - FHL British Book 942.94/M1 V3p "Parish of Meifod memorial inscriptions : Soar Independent Chapel, Congregational Chapel, Main Independent Chapel, Cwm Nant Meichiaid W.M. Chapel, Seion Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Rock Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Salem Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel" located at British B2 Floor Book - essentially in Salt Lake City so not going to be going there to view that!

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's publication of Main Independent Chapel : Register of baptisms, 1821-1837? According to their website the booklet is out of stock. I have a transcription of the baptism/birth of Mary Taylor there on 11 Nov 1826 daughter of an Edward Jones Taylor. The actual parish register images are not available online and I live down in Wiltshire. I don't know if the booklet has any other information to expand upon the transcription. If anyone has it I would really appreciate a look up to check if possible.

I know that Mary went on to marry John Brown at Penrhos Chapel on 8 Mar 1850 and gives her father's name as Edward Taylor and that he was a Labourer. She died 7 Jan 1851 in Shrewsbury. Just having trouble finding out further details about her line as the baptism doesn't seem to give a mother's name and not finding any definitive details for Edward in the surrounding area. It is possible that Mary was working at the Britannia Inn in Pool in 1841 - there is also a John Taylor aged 60 who is a Nail Maker living in Pool in 1841 too so I don't know if there is any connection. There is also a Robert Gibbons Taylor aged 30 living at Main, Meifod in 1841 but he is not born in the county and his occupation is down as "Ind". I don't think there is any connection there as he comes from a pretty wealthy family.

Also to note I am not sure whether this 1826 entry is "my" Mary as I am also aware of a baptism in Llanymynech in 1820 for a Mary Taylor daughter of Edward and Jane - and given Mary's age on her death certificate and burial is 30 which puts her year of birth around 1821 - this Llanymynech baptism may be the correct one but I haven't also found anything for either Mary to rule either of those entries out so hoping the Meifod details might help shed some light!

Also if anyone can suggest who might hold the actual parish register as doesn't look like the Montgomeryshire Archives do - is it with the National Archives/Library of Wales? I don't seem to have much luck in locating where it is stored to go about seeing if someone can check the actual register for me.

Thanks in advance!

Alex

Hi all. I recently received a copy of my husband's paternal grandfathers WWII Navy record. Typically it doesn't provide much information but he was a Stoker but did not actually serve on ships as he was posted at airfields - namely HMS Raven, HMS Ringtail and HMS Wagtail. As a stoker rank presumably his duties at an airfield would be different to those of a stoker on a ship - would it be right that he would have served more like a fireman?

He was discharged in August 1946 for being Invalided - Pronounced Unfit for Naval Service after having been at the Royal Naval Hospitals in Plymouth and Sherborne from March 1946. There is no other information about why he was in hospital and the only notation about it states "Invalided 3/8/46 DNA3AR/E Nil FSL." Does the DNA3AR refer to the Royal Patriotic Fund? And Nil FSL - means no Foreign Service Leave?

I'm guessing we might not find out much more about the reasons behind the hospitalisation - do the Royal Navy Hospitals typically provide information on deceased servicemen if you contact them?

Thanks in advance