Llanbedr baptisms post 1812

[Nigel Porter]

Hello,

I have some baptism dates for various Evans from Llanbedr (eg Francis 13th July 1817), but I can't remember where I got them from and have carelessly not recorded their provenance and when I have checked online it appears that there are no baptisms after 1812, so is that correct?

[DCB]

The baptisms don't seem to be online.

Interestingly, I have a DNA match with one of the people who have Francis on her tree, although via a different branch.

I am not sure about Llanbedr, but I have found most Merionethshire baptisms at the Dolgellau Record Office or at the National Library in Aberystwyth. If I remember correctly, the latter is better for Bishops' Transcripts.

David

[Nigel Porter]

This is the reply from Gwynedd archives, so I'll have to visit to find out more

[nestagj]

Could they have merged with Llandanwg … this parish which includes Harlech meanders down the coast quite a way .   Also there is a substantial non-conformist community on the Merioneth coastline … my family were Scottish baptists from there .   If you are able to go to Merioneth there is a large amount of both Parish and non conformist registers.   They are extremely helpful on the phone .   I believe they are open Monday and Tuesday

[Gadget]

Could they have merged with Llandanwg …

I checked Llandanwg when Nigel first put up the request.  A quick look didn't show anything.

Gadget

[Gadget]

I've tried to go through the images for Llandanwg in detail, for the 1817 +/- period,  but they seem to be virtually unreadable mixed records from much earlier -  e.g 1693.

As Llanbedr is....

is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Llandanwg

.....it's records might also be in a similar state.


Gadget

[Nigel Porter]

I've had this reply from the Gwynned archives, so it looks like a visit to Llanbedr is needed.

I’m afraid it’s not good news. We only have a few registers for Llanbedr parish; the later ones have not been deposited in the archives and one can only hope that they are still in the church and not lost or destroyed.

[DCB]

It might be worth contacting the National Library. I had the same problem with Llanaber, for which there are no parish registers before 1750, but there are a few BTs.

David

[nestagj]

It might be worth contacting the National Library. I had the same problem with Llanaber, for which there are no parish registers before 1750, but there are a few BTs.

David

I headed over to the NLW pre Covid one Saturday … really struggled to get hold of BTs of there and Criccieth … staff didn’t really know how to help.   I’d had the information from there many many years ago but at that time being a very inexperienced researcher I hadn’t put the source material down other than jotting BTs !  My recommendation is to take a trip down there during the week where you gave the chance of hanging more experienced staff.