Caernarvonshire BMD COMPLETED

[hiraeth]

Does anyone know when or if the BMDs from Bangor/Caernarvonshire will be added to the North Wales BMD site? 

[Gadget]

Hi

There seem to be a few problems. I'm not sure what/why but I did a pile of deaths 18 months ago and I thought that most of the transcriptions had been done then 

Gadget

[D ap D]

I suppose when Gwynedd FHS get round to transcribing them. I know the Clwyd FHS has been hard at it for years, hence the regular updates.

For some reason Gwynedd seems to do its own thing and then end up lagging behind. They very rarely answer emails either.

On the other hand, you could always contact the coordinators of the North Wales BMD and offer to transcribe the parishes that you are interested in. Thats what I did with FreeCEN.

D

[Gadget]

D - Clwyd FHS were transcribing them. That's how I got involved. All those Williams 

Gadget

[D ap D]

D - Clwyd FHS were transcribing them. That's how I got involved. All those Williams 

Tell me about it. One of my maternal grandparents was a Williams from Llanllfyni, the other a Williams from Holyhead....

[hiraeth]

Thanks for the responses everybody.  I've noticed there is a very big difference between researching in Clwyd and in Gwynedd/caernarvonshire.  Nowhere near the participation and information available.  Gwynedd FHS is split up into, I think, five different geographical areas, so perhaps that also has something to do with it.   

It might also be that many family researchers get mind-blowingly frustrated trying to sift through all the common names, eg have five generations of John Joneses on my father's side.  I was looking for a death of a John Roberts in Bangor district the other day and found fifty possibles

[Gadget]

It might also be that many family researchers get mind-blowingly frustrated trying to sift through all the common names, eg have five generations of John Joneses on my father's side.  I was looking for a death of a John Roberts in Bangor district the other day and found fifty possibles

To paraphrase Dewi, John Jones and John Roberts - tell me about them 

We're not related are we - no yours are those John Joneses and that John Roberts 

Gadget

[hiraeth]

Sometimes think I might as well be playing "pin the tail on the donkey" 

It is hard enough trying to find the right rellies on the census, but beyond 1841 it is virtually impossible to go back further with many of mine.   ESPECIALLY if you are not Welsh speaking - the place names are so confusing - I find there are a lot of spelling changes as well.   I guess it depended on whether the census taker was Welsh or how careful they were.   

With a lot of hard work, one of my distant cousins has been able to trace back a lot of Griffiths in the Llandegai area, going back to 1699 or so.   Just depends on whether the families were well off enough to be tenant farmers or something so there was a bit of a paper trail with wills and leases etc..  But since most of mine were quarrymen going back four or five generations there doesn't seem to be much hope 

By the way Gadget, I love your website.  You've done a wonderful job!

[big g]

 
Gadget,
Just found your website - it is fantastic - I am so envious......
maybe, just maybe, those of us who see it will be spurred on to do more than put details onto  a programme for our family tree!!!

Glenys