As you all probably know, the 1901 Census for Wales is now on ancestry.co.uk.
When the 1901 Census was first published on the Internet by the PRO, there were a lot of complaints about the standard of the index - especially with regard to the spelling of Welsh place names.
Ancestry has taken and adapted the PRO index for its offering, and has succeeded to make a bad job worse.
Every entry where the PRO transcribers had worked out that the county in the "where born" column was written as "Mont" have been automatically changed to "Monmouthshire" by Ancestry!
So if you are unsure if your ancestor was born in Machynlleth or Darowen, Newtown or Welshpool don't just rely on looking for John Jones born in the county of Montgomeryshire - try Monmouthshire too!!!
There are "only" 370 people "born in Monmouthshire" and living in "Montgomeryshire (one of them was born in Sirhowy - so is probably correct) but compare the number of people in bordering parishes born in Monmouthshire:
209 in Talyllyn
92 In Mallwyd
14 in Llanymawddwy - OK 14 in Llanymawddwy might not sound like much but it is still 3% of the village!
