I am trying to find more information regarding my great-great grandfather. Because he was born in Newcastle-Emlyn, I am struggling to go back further as it straddles different counties. An archivist in Carmarthen, felt I should look in Carmarthenshire, but I do not know what that was based upon, as my information said N Castle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, Wales.
My main questions are, who were his parents and how do I go back before 1834?
Thomas Williams b. 1838 Newcastle Emlyn, married Margaret b. 1836 Laugharne. They had at least five children; Thomas b. 1871, Elizabeth b. 1863, Margaret b. 1866, Sarah b.1872 and John Howell b. 1877. Margaret Williams mother and daughter are buried in the chapel graveyard, Laugharne. There is a broken headstone saying the mother died in 1889 and the daughter died aged 22 years. As both are buried in the chapel, I assume they were chapel rather than church. To confirm this, I cannot find his burial in the records of Laugharne church. My church records do not go back far enough for the wedding. Chapel records are lost.
Also, what was her maiden name?
1881 Census - Folio: RG11 5395/58 - It says on Family Search, Thomas Williams, the father, was born in N Castle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, Wales. His wife and all children, were born in Laugharne ((N Castle Emlyn)), Carmarther, Wales. I do not understand the brackets, and I cannot find Census information before or after 1881.