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Hi KarenM, thanks for your reply.  I've just used the link you gave me to automatedgenealogy and done some quick searches on both censuses.  I found a few possiblities, but nothing definite at present, so I'll try again. It would have been useful to have had addresses on the censuses for the persons listed.

I'm trying to find anyone who's related to or knows of the Battram family who lived in Mountain Ash/Penrhiwceiber.  William Battram was stationmaster at Nelson and Penrhiwceiber train stations.  His son Ralph was a GP and worked as a doctor for the Coal Board. Sadly he died in Reading, Berkshire in 2005.  Ralph had a sister Eva who knew my grandmother and he was a regular visitor to a farm in Leckwith.  It's possible their family may be related to my family .  I have done quite a bit of research already but have not yet found the family connection.

Hi lizdb, thanks for your reply.  I've done some research for this family and will be doing more shortly but I'm grateful for any information anyone can pass on to me.  Sadly over the years the many branches of my family have drifted apart. I don't think I'm alone in having this problem, as it seems to be the case with many families around the country.  Since starting my family history research I've discovered that I had many relatives I'd not heard about and not all of them distant, some were very closely related.  Having discovered Rootschat I thought it may be a good way of contacting some of them, especially if they're also researching their family.   

Hi, I'm searching for relatives of Benjamin Coles (known as George) who worked at the old Mill Farm, Llanishen, Cardiff.  I think he died in the mid 1920s and that he, his wife and one of his sons are buried in the graveyard of St Isan's Church, Llanishen. He originally came from Somerset and was the brother of my Gt Gt Grandfather Ephraim Coles. He also worked on Cornerswell Farm, Penarth.  I'd be interested in finding out more about him.