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Places in Monmouthsire - Help Needed Please
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Angela | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:09 |
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I have found the birth of my grt grandfather on Free BMD & 1837 Online born 1884 in Bedwelty. On the 1901 census his place of birth is Monmouthsire Victorid. I have found where Bedwelty is but cannot find Victorid. Could anyone help me out please? Many thanks Angela |
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Lucky | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:33 |
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Hi Angela, I'm no good on this area, but have looked in my Phillimores and there is no such place in Monmouthshire as a parish or registration district. Put it into google and nothing came up. Have you tried Genuki. Cheers Diane |
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Angela | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:38 |
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Yes, I have tried them. I even thought it may be Victoria and not Victorid, but I couldn't find that in monmouthshire either. I'm puzzled! |
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Lucky | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:44 |
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Is the image of the 1901 easy to read. They have a few links to maps on genuki but I couldn't see anything like it. None of the registration districts or parishes look anything like that. Sorry Diane |
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Geoff | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:46 |
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There was once Victoria Collieries at Ebbw Vale http://www.welshcoalmines.*co.uk/Gwent/Victoria.htm I have seen a place of residence given as Longhirst Colliery, so communites' names were sometimes just pits. |
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Lucky | Report | 24 Jul 2004 00:47 |
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Geoff I think you are right, just found this by putting Victoria+monmouthshire in google http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb(.)com/~familyalbum/kebbvale.htm Hope it helps Diane |
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Guinevere | Report | 24 Jul 2004 08:59 |
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Hi, Victoria was (and is) just south of Ebbw Vale. Some of the houses were demolished when Ebbw vale hosted the Garden Exhibition. My family were living there is 1871 and 1881. Some of my elderly gt aunts were living there in the 1950s. Gwynne |
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Angela | Report | 24 Jul 2004 11:47 |
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Thank you all very much for your help. I took a trip up there yesterday but got lost so I gave up and came home! Being the worlds worst driver didn't help either!! Thanks once again, Angela |
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