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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Carmarthenshire Lookup Requests => Carmarthenshire => Wales => Carmarthenshire Completed Requests => Topic started by: sandie on Thursday 06 April 06 16:06 BST (UK)
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This may ramble on a bit, so apologies in advance!
I am trying to research my husband's Welsh ancestors. I have today received his gr.gr.grandparents marriage certificate, so now have the names of his gr.gr.gr.grandfathers. The problem is the marriage took place in 1837 so even if I could find them in 1841 it would still be as a couple. Is there anyway I could find earlier records - baptisms etc., or am I going to have to be contented with what I have?
Apologies again for the ramblings, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Sandie
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Hi Sandie,
Parish registers are good for info i.e baptisms, marriages
Or sometimes familysearch.org.
They are not always accurate though, but it's worth a look.
Good luck.
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ems girl
Doh!!! Why didn't I think of familysearch? - the head's definitely gone!!
Thanks.
Regards
Sandie
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Have plenty of those DOH moments myself!!
Just a thought re parish regs, I think most of them are at Carmarthen records office and they are closed for a refurb till 25th April.
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ems girl
Thanks for the info. on parish records. The problem is I live in South London, so can't see me being able to visit the Records Office soon.
I tried familysearch, can't find them. I'll tell my husband he'll have to wait for the rest of his ancestors while I figure out how to the find them!
Thanks again
Sandie
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The LDS have a family centre in South Kensington that might just have the records you need.
meles
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Hi
have a look and see if there is a local family history society for that area. often members will look up local records if you contact them. there may also be some web links if you look on the roots board for that area. i have found various parish records transcribed and made available for Kent. if someone has done it for there you may also be lucky
happy hunting
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Hi all - thanks for the good advice (particularly the news about the Record office refurbishment/ closure which I hadn't heard of previously).
Sandie: you might like to check out the links at the top of the Carmarthenshire board, which include local history society and parish record information. Let me know if any of them are useful (or not!!) as I am trying to improve my own knowledge of resources in the area)
kind regards, Arranroots ;)
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Hi All
I checked out the links at the top which directed you to join the Carm.FHS. When I first looked at the joining fee it looked a bit steep £20, but when you see the list of online data bases you can access - which you can subscribe to apparently for 30 days for £10 - it isn't bad.
The only problem I have now is patience - I have already bought three certificates for this lot and a newspaper article for one of my lot this month, so it's a case of waiting for the next pay day to come round, can I hold out???
Sandie
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sandie youcould also post the info you already have and you never know some kind person might just have the answers, kali.
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Kali
I had thought about it, but felt it would be asking a little too much. I don't mind asking for census look ups, simply because I think they're probably there online and I've just missed them, but Parish Records are more involved.
If I can't find them any other way though, I may have to take your suggestion and ask.
Sandie
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sandie, do it, we have the most lovely people here on rootschat, who knows, just ask with the details you have, kali.
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Sandie,
I would post the details. I know that there is a CD containing Dyfed marriages between 1813 and 1837. You might just be lucky, and someone with the CD might read your posting.
Regarding the IGI - a large proportion of Wales isn't on it, as they were not given permission by the C in W. And there is always the possibility that they were non-conformist, in which case the chances of them being on the IGI is next to zero.
D
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Just a quick update. As soon as pay day arrived I joined the Carmarthenshire FHS.
So far I have only managed to find a baptism and census - this is more to do with me than their site - but.... next to Rootschatters the members there are fantastic! They are very helpful and extremely patient - when dealing with someone like me that's a good thing! The members have such a wealth of local knowledge they are willing to share, even I'm beginning to get to grips with places.
I know I really wanted to do the digging myself, but gave in and asked for help on their mailing list and as I said, next to Rootschatters they're the best.
Sandie
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I've got the Dyfed mariages CD up to 1837. Who are you looking for?
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Nigelw
Thank you for the interest, unfortunately at the moment I don't know who I'm looking for!!!
The members of CMN FHS helped me trace the original marriage/baptisms I was looking for and on one line even found the marriages of the couples parents, but I haven't found the births/baptisms yet on the other lines so don't know both parents names, but haven't given up completely yet, just can't get anywhere at the moment.
Hope that makes sense!!
Regards
Sandie