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Offline kena

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Welsh Parish Records
« on: Tuesday 08 November 05 14:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi can anybody please tell me if Welsh Parish Records are likely to be written in welsh or english, ie for Holywell, Flintshire, my area of interest.

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Routledge, Bell, Gillesby, Armstrong, Forster, Ewart, Nixon, Kennedy,Reay,Wright,Nattrass,Little,Richardson - Cumberland
Winsborough, Hannabus, Copp, Salter, Bray, Williams, Bonney, Creedy, Matthews, Kelner - Devon
Minto, - Durham
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Re: Welsh Parish Records
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 09 November 05 15:01 GMT (UK) »
About 99% are in English. If you're lucky, you'll find a couple of entries in Welsh.

Having said that though, Welsh names and places are usually in Welsh, some having been anglicised.

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Stuck with:
William Williams of Llanllyfni
John Jones in Llanelli
Evan Evans in Caio
David Davies of Llansanffraid
Evans: Caio/Carms
Jones: CDG, DEN

Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Welsh Parish Records
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 09 November 05 18:53 GMT (UK) »
Thanks very much for the reply.
Mullon, Fowell, Thornely, Wilding, Lowndes,Gallimore - Cheshire
Routledge, Bell, Gillesby, Armstrong, Forster, Ewart, Nixon, Kennedy,Reay,Wright,Nattrass,Little,Richardson - Cumberland
Winsborough, Hannabus, Copp, Salter, Bray, Williams, Bonney, Creedy, Matthews, Kelner - Devon
Minto, - Durham
Allaker, Fitch,Groom,Queary - Essex
Steeple, Moult, Woodcock - Lancashire
Trafford, Hambleton, Cordon, Sweetman, Goldstraw, Brough, Barton, Dawson, Sutton, Stevenson - Staffordshire
Huess - Somerset