Rhifau. 21 - 30

The Coplestons of Wrexham

As title - includes family tree

Willis Copleston &
Mrs J M Hough

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2

A Distant Grave

An example of how gravestones in USA helped research in north Wales

Helen Thomas

21

8

A 1692 Land Tax return for Llanrwst

Three pages of names

Alun Rawson Williams

21

9

Shotton and Aston surnames

Alphabetical index of 1841 and 1851 census for those two places in Hawarden parish

John Ratcliffe

21

12

The Ancestry and Early Childhood of Emrys ap lwan (Robert Ambrose Jones)

As title - includes census entries for family 1841-1881 in Abergele & family tree

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

21

15

Was your ancestor a soldier?

A roll call of the twenty third and the militia - Wrexham 1881 - six pages of names.

Stewart Blackwell

21

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Membra Disjecta

Artificial limb fittings in late 1800s and a pit accident to Edward Davies in Buckley

Edna Cocking

21

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Boat people

1841 census of people living on boats on the Shropshire Canal & Flintshire coast

Mary Hughes & Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

21

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Buried Alive

John Evans. Pit accident Minera 1819

Betty Smith

21

40

Was your ancestor in the Union?

Union means parish relief. Records for the Clwyd area, plus 1841 transcription for Holywell/Wrexham for that night. Twelve pages of names.

Stewart Blackwell

22

6

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Extracts from the Calvinistic Methodist monthly publications - 1864 [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

22

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Flintshire men who served in the Great War

A card index at Hawarden compiled in 1919 of 10,623 men giving each man's address as well as all other regimental details

C J Williams

23

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Congregational Baptisms before 1837

As title - their availability at GRO and National Library of Wales

M Euronwy Jones

23

5

Bye Gones

A list of Welsh pilgrims to Rome in the 14th and 15th century

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Further memories of the Welsh Chapel at Carlton, Barnsley in Darkest Yorkshire

Translated notes of Ithel MacDonald during his long service to the Chapel, 1890-1953

Mary Parry

23

9

My G-G-Grandfather clock

As title

Mary Parry

23

12

The Welsh Imperial Singers

As title - 1920s. Some names plus tour details

Alun Trevor

23

13

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Extracts from the Calvinistic Methodist monthly publications - 1885/6 [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

23

17

Thomas Harrison. An architect, a lost grave and a ruined tower

As title - late 1700s - Details of his life

Larry Sharrock

23

19

Keziah Jehioada and my Brewer/Lutley family

1700/1800 Newport, Monmouthshire

Hilda M Robson

23

22

My railway-building G-Grandfather, David Foulkes and my French G-Grandmother Ursule

Mid 1800s onwards. David was from Llanelian yn Rhos

Mrs A Norina Jackson

23

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Was your ancestor a Catholic Recusant?

As title

Stewart Blackwell

23

27

The earliest known camera in north Wales?

Linked to Robert Jones, Llansannan

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

23

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Was your ancestor Her Majesty's guest in 1881?

List of 'guests' at Ruthin prison, County lockup, Wrexham & police station Mold on the 1881 census

Stewart Blackwell

24

3

The Wireless and Welsh Music in the Twenties

Pioneering in the broadcasting of Welsh song to Wales from Ireland. June 1928 – programme details

Alun Trevor

24

5

My Favourite Ancestor

Iorwerth Davis, born c1792 near Wrexham

Doug Davis

24

9

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Extracts from the Calvinistic Methodist monthly publications - 19th century [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

24

13

From a Welsh Bible

Owned by John Hughes, 1820-1884, woollen manufacturer in Llangollen. Plus family tree.

Alex Davies

24

16

Flight to Wales

1715 Jacobite refugees fled to Aberffraw Anglesey. Chambers family

Megan Barton

24

19

Muster Rolls

Example of Devon muster rolls of 1520-1650

Willis Copleston

24

20

Was your ancestor in hospital on census night?

1891 - Denbigh Infirmary - List of staff and patients

Stewart Blackwell

25

2

The Noxious Vapour call'd 'The Damp'

As title - April 1807 & March 1809. Mostyn pit disaster - names given.

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

25

4

The Teggins of Ewloe Barn

Includes seven marriages between 1677 & 1839 and how land was developed

Edna Cocking

25

5

The Monumental Morrises of Mwrog Street

Grave stones at Llanfwrog, mid 1800s, plus a very detailed family tree

Arthur H Jones

25

11

Ellis Island - A Clwydian Legacy

The immigration control into USA until 1954 gained its name from Samuel Ellis of Ewloe

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

25

15

The Cottager

A report of Flint Horticultural Show 1907

Willis Copleston

25

16

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Obituaries and references taken from the Calvinistic Methodist monthly publications in early 1900s [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

25

19

One name Batten

As title

Kenneth Batten

26

3

Rosina Davies. A woman in the pulpit

Born c1858, Rhydfelen, Glamorgan

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

26

4

The Parry family of St George and the Mormon Emigration

Starts late 1700s Newmarket (Trelawnydd)

R Fred Roberts

26

5

Medical pursuits

Dr. Robert (Robin) Jones of Denbigh 1700/1800. Drowned bathing at Rhyl

Andrew Morgan

26

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From Manse to Manse or the day the baby got forgot!

John Evans (Ioan Tachwedd) Ysceifiog 1789 - 1856. Includes a Victorian essay called “The Departure from Mold”, 1877

Myfanwy Clapham

26

27

Abergele Wreckers

Denbighshire Quarter sessions 1793

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

26

29

And all my bones are rotten

About saving handwritten pages from old Bibles. Examples given. Many entries of Hughes family, Dyserth/St Asaph 1700/1800

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

26

30

An intriguing letter

From John Lloyd to Thomas Jones at Plas Newydd, Ruabon, 1752

Jennifer Bland- Roberts

26

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A Letter from Grandpa

Written in 1908

Willis Copleston

27

2

Poetry on account - at Nantglyn

Found in the middle of Nantglyn Highway accounts in1831

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

27

3

They built Plas Nantglyn

Photographs and names of the building team in 1903

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

27

4

"A loyn of muton and a caf head"  (sic) - A butcher's account book

1835-1843. Listing meat supplied to James Evans customers in St Asaph/Cefn Meriadog

Pauline Christophers

27

5

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Biographical references from Welsh magazine 'Y Frythones', 1879 -1882 [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

27

9

A curious wedding at Ruabon

As title

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

27

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Welsh-born inmates of Liverpool Workhouse in the 1881 Census

Printed lists

Alun Rawson Williams

27

21

Bodewyddan Castle Tenant

Letter to John Davies, born 1803, tenant of estate for rent to be paid

Ted Ellis

27

26

Was your ancestor a Freeholder or a Freeholder/Juror?

A seven page list of freeholders in the Wrexham & Gresford parishes made for 1741 election

Stewart Blackwell

27

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Was your Ancestor Idle, Disorderly, a Rogue or a Vagabond?

Named examples appearing at Quarter sessions

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

27

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The family of 'The Blue Boy', the Buttall family of Wrexham

'The Blue Boy' painting by Gainsborough has Jonathan Buttall as the youth. Also a detailed account of the family in the 1700s

Ronald W Kane

28

3

Chasing the Rector - and others

Mid 1700s. Rev. John Lawry. Originally from Kent later links with Erddig. Family tree

Josephine Birchenough

28

7

Family History during the Interregnum

As title – 1600s

Willis Copleston

28

12

Lost Sheep and the Family

Mid 1600s. The Court Leet of the Manor of Glyndyfdwy

Arthur Jones

28

14

The Consistory Court of St. Asaph

Extracted from 'Bye Gones', 1907

28

15

Oral History

Taped memories of Llansannan at the start of the 20th century

Bernard Pratt

28

18

Well and Truly Saddled

Welsh law, a Welsh judge and a Scot. Ruthin. A letter dated 1852 from James Burgess

M C McLellan

28

19

List of subscribers towards building of Baptist Chapel in Glynceiriog

1875. Two pages long.

28

22

Trysorfa o Wybodaeth
[A Treasury of Knowledge]

Biographical extracts from various publications [In Welsh]

Hafina Clwyd

28

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Twins, triplets, quads & quins, Something in the Air?

Gwytherin, near Llansannan, late 1800s, evidence of these events

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

28

40

A Kamloops grave

An MI in Canada of Richard Roberts from Llanelian, died 1905, aged 28

Lilian Lumley

29

4

Illegitimacy

Refers to situation in Holt 1813-1867 and Threapwood during 1700s. Includes some names

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

29

5

My Ousey Family

As title - includes a large family tree

Dorothy Flowers

29

15

When the Parry Saints went marching out ...

Starting with John Parry born 1789, a stone mason by trade. Newmarket/Abergele/Ruthin later emigration to USA

Nesta Rees

29

22

Emma

Emma Hart who became Lady Hamilton, found as a witness in a 1783 marriage

Edna Cocking

29

30

Their name liveth for evermore

A Canadian Roll of Honour WW1. Names of Welsh who enlisted

Donald Bell

29

36

Black people in Clwyd

Some names of baptisms and deaths 1737 – 1892

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

30

11

Thomas Hughes 1819-1891, Ivy House, Colwyn Bay

A pioneer of Methodism

D Elwern Jones

30

15

Dr Robert Jones and all that  -  -  -   or the Pips that Squeak

Continuation from Issue 26 about Dr. Robins' death

Andrew Morgan

30

17

Burke and Hare in Ruabon 1961

A list showing the graves removed for a road improvement. Extract from 'The Leader'

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30

20

Cerrig y Drudion's Veterans

Photographs of about 40 people who served in WW2 at a reunion in 1946

Marita Davies

30

21

The Welsh Wills Index

As title

Samuel & Marjorie Gadzia

30

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Irish Travelling Folk

Three pages of named entries

Bill Wynn-Woodhouse

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