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Welsh Wills
« on: Wednesday 23 March 16 14:14 GMT (UK) »
https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/nlw-resources/wills/

The National Library have got a new search page - it is so much easier.

If you agree send them a comment and lets hope it stays that way.
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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 23 March 16 14:39 GMT (UK) »
Good to know, thanks
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Squire/Thomas/Davies/Gibbons/Mordecai/Bowen/Lewis/Rees/Williams/Jones/Llewellyn/Morgan - Glamorgan
Lewis - Breckonshire
Davies/Roderick - Myddfai Carms
Lloyd/Jones - Denbigh/Salop
Thackwell/Thomas - Hereford/Monmouthshire
Shoemac/Squire/Keirle/Small - Somerset
Berry/Baggot/Lee/Clayton - Lancs
Yelland/Bray/Trethewey - Cornwall
Baggot/Hurley/Keaveny/Shiel/Flynn - Ireland

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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 23 March 16 18:00 GMT (UK) »
That looks like the search page they had before they ... err ... 'improved' it




Horne - Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire
James - Grosmont (Monmouthshire)
Jones, Thomas, Davies - Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan
Price - Monmouthshire, Glamorgan
Prosser - Breconshire
Prossl - Bohemia, London
Rees - Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Illinois
Walter - Somerset, Kansas, Queensland, Western Australia

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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 24 March 16 09:22 GMT (UK) »
https://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=6843

https://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=6865

Apparently the Marriage Bonds are still in there, but I can`t find the search  page and if I did it would probably have changed .
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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #4 on: Friday 04 November 16 18:49 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much for this search link. The NLW has become virtually incomprehensible, without this I just wouldn't be able to find any Wills at all!
Much appreciated
Cheers
David J.
Jones, Lewis, Jandrell, George, Price, Lloyd, Cupper (Cuper), Vaughan, Grant, Wheldon

Denbighshire, Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnor, Powys, NZ, North Yorks

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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #5 on: Friday 04 November 16 20:52 GMT (UK) »
https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/nlw-resources/wills/

An easier link, but I  still have problems finding marriage Bonds.
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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #6 on: Friday 04 November 16 21:24 GMT (UK) »
The functionality of the "Wills" search screen hasn't changed - the changes are "cosmetic".

Re.marriage bonds see  https://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=6843

Tab down to "How do I search for marriage bonds"

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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 05 November 16 10:53 GMT (UK) »
https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/nlw-resources/wills/

An easier link, but I  still have problems finding marriage Bonds.

Please let us know if/when you find them!
Thanks
David J.
Jones, Lewis, Jandrell, George, Price, Lloyd, Cupper (Cuper), Vaughan, Grant, Wheldon

Denbighshire, Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnor, Powys, NZ, North Yorks

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Re: Welsh Wills
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 05 November 16 16:01 GMT (UK) »
Well after trying to find them from the instructions given on the link I gave up.

How do I search for Marriage Bonds?
Following user feedback, we are currently investigating the possibility of creating a bespoke search form for the marriage bonds collection.
Obviously this hasn`t been sorted as yet


For the moment, to search for the marriage bonds:
1.Enter your search term in the Catalogue  "John Jones eg"
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2.Select 'In the Library' from the drop down to the right of your search term
3.Click Search
4.In the left column under 'Collections' select 'More Options'
I got as far as this and could find  no column for marriage bonds.
5.Place a tick in the 'Include' column for 'Marriage Bonds'   There isn`t one I could see

6.Click on the red 'Continue' button
7.The box will close and the results will include only marriage bonds

 So that didn`t succeed.

I then tried this but just as useless.

https://goo.gl/nd3sbo

This link will take you to the Marriage  Bonds . All 76,179 of them . ::)

All I can see is that you can “sort by” Relevance
  Date-newest
  Popularity
  Author
 Title

If you sort by title then you get names alphabetically from all dioceses.
As far as I can work out   it will take for ever and a day to trawl through all those in the hope of finding the one you are searching for.

If anyone else has ideas, please let us know



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