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Monmouthshire / Rhymney burials
« on: Wednesday 06 January 16 12:08 GMT (UK)  »
I have a death notice from the Western Mail (3 Aug 1892 p4) for my ggfather, Rev Taliesin T Jones "respected pastor of the English Baptist Chapel, Pontlottyn", who died on 31 July . It says that the funeral will take place "at the Rhymney Cemetery, where Mrs Mary Jones [his wife] was buried in January 1891".

I have their death certificates. But thought I would like to try and pinpoint the possible physical locations of their graves - even if they're no longer visible. So I contacted Caerphilly council for a register search. But they explain that this cemetery only opened in 1894.  They tell me that "any burials prior to that would have taken place at Parish Church Cemeteries within the Rhymney area, therefore you would need to contact the parish directly to obtain any information which may help".

Does anyone have any advice about where to start?  Especially since he was self-evidently not CofE, which may have affected which cemetery would accept the burials?  (He died in Rhymney at Cyclops House).

thanks for any tips.

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Monmouthshire / Two buildings in Rhymney
« on: Friday 14 February 14 17:21 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone have any idea where either of these buildings in Rhymney might have stood?

One is Jerusalem House, where my grandfather was born in 1877.

The other is somewhere called The Cyclops, where my great grandfather died in 1891. The latter sounds like a pub! But he was a Baptist minister so that seems a bit unlikely.


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London and Middlesex / Middlesex Deeds Registry
« on: Monday 20 January 14 16:59 GMT (UK)  »
Are there any experts out there on the MDR? 
I've just come back using it at the LMA. The staff are great and helped me in the early stages. But they are also very busy of course so I don't like to KEEP asking them questions if I can help myself.
Although the Research guide indicates that both parties to a transaction are indexed, my (limited) experience seems to indicate that only the 'vendor' actually is.  If that's often the case, then I guess I'm unlikely to find out about my relatives' property 'purchases', only their 'sales',  because I don't know who they acquired them from?

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Wales / Welsh translation services?
« on: Monday 18 February 13 09:06 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone suggest a service? I don't speak any Welsh but have unearthed some 19th century Welsh newspaper articles about my great grandfather. They're not that long but they're too long to manage with the aid of online dictionaries, or by trespassing on members' good will in doing brief translations of inscriptions and the like. 

I've googled 'Welsh translation services' but the results seem to be firmly aimed at technical or professional stuff.  It's not that I'm unwilling to pay - it's just that I want to find an appropriate possibility.  Not necessarily asking people to commit to commercial recommendations; hints and tips would be equally welcome.

Thanks in advance.

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