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Ancestry - how do i?

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Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 20:56

Hi all you experts on here,

is there anyway of searching by village, i want to be able to put a village name in and find everyone who was living there in the census records as i've tried everything else to look but cannot find my rellies, they were living on Farms

stephanie

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 17 Feb 2008 21:03

If you put ALL the information you have we can try to search for you.

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 21:24

Thanks Lindsey

am trying to find the following

Margaret Alice Lloyd - mother Lisa? father dafydd
in the bancffosfelen area near pontyberem, i've tried finding which parish and i dont know which one it comes under - she was born 1884 in carmarthen and married william rees in 1907

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 17 Feb 2008 21:28

Being ignorant which County is this please??

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 21:29

wales, carmarthenshire, lol

LD

LD Report 17 Feb 2008 21:31

Lindsey, it's Carmarthenshire (west of Swansea)

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 17 Feb 2008 21:39

Thanks ... Now have you actually got her birth certificate?

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 17 Feb 2008 21:39

Put the village in keywords when searching & the surname.

Ozi.

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 21:39

ermmmmmm, nope, i only know the date of birth from her death entry in 1970

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 17 Feb 2008 21:43

Name: Margaret Alice Lloyd
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Carmarthen
County: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Pembrokeshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 876 (click to see others on page

Well the next step is to spend £7 from Gro and find out.

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 17 Feb 2008 21:52

Llanelly is the parish you're looking for. Could this be her? Too old?

1891:
Margaret A Lloyd abt 1876 Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales Niece Llanelly, Carmarthenshire

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 17 Feb 2008 22:00

There's a Margaret H about the right age.

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 22:08

think she is too old ozibird

where is margaret h?

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 17 Feb 2008 22:16

1891:
Margaret H Lloyd John, Mary abt 1887 Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales Daughter Llanelly, Carmarthenshire

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 17 Feb 2008 22:27

thanks ozibird

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 17 Feb 2008 22:28

I've got to go out but this may help. I found it on GENUKI.

Pontyberem 1919 - 1974
before 1919 see Llanelly Rural; Llangendierne (in Carmarthen district); Llanddarog (in Carmarthen district); Llanatrhney (in Carmarthen district) / transferred to DFD in 1974

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 18 Feb 2008 07:22




1891 Wales.
Ann Lloyd single 1854 Clydey Pembrokeshire.occ charwoman
Margaret A Lloyd 1884 Abernant Carmarthenshire