A little story, Steph, about my discovery of my Llantysilio ancestors
When the 1881 census came on line, I found my great Grandmother's birthplace had been transcribed as Llandisilan, Denbighshire. I didn't have access to the originals at that stage. Now where on earth was it - I tried Llanelidan, Llansilin, etc. and couldn't find anything. I then searched for all the places that sounded/ looked anything like it in Denbighshire and the neighbouring counties
Eventually, I did get hold of the film of the 1881 and to me it looked like Llandisilio. Bingo - I knew that place. I'd been there. My Mum always said that some of her ancestors were from 'near the Llandelgla Moors'. I did find her family with the help of a pair of wonderful Canadians who had transcribed all the Denbs and Merionethshire 19th century censuses.
So - trust me, I know the problems and the Llantysilios
Gadget
PS - what I forgot to add was that she'd married in 1873 and died before the 1891 census, so the 1881 was the only info I had to go on apart from some snippets in the family bible - their wedding cert and a note of her parents' deaths at 'Tan y coed' and their rough ages. But her parents were Robert and Margaret Jones (
and there were lots of places/houses called Tan y coed
