Members Can anyone advise when British passports were first issued to citizens for overseas travel. eg to USA. Also prior to the advent of the passport system,...
Carolyn You can search for passport applications at http://www.findmypast.com for dates between 1851-1856, 1858-1862 and 1874-1903. There is quite a bit of...
Mike, If Roes marriage index is what I think it might be, (the Bristol and Gloucestershire Marriage Index) then there are 5 volumes pre 1787 and so I would...
Roes marriage I remember were in two sets of volumes of several books indexed by groom and bride and I think they had green and orange hardback covers. Do you...
Many thanks Gerald for your great advice. I am trying to trace an ancestor who left Monmouthshire after 1891 and spent some time in San Francisco between...
Carolyn If you want to give me the name of the person you are looking for I will get in touch with a relative in USA who has access to the census etc. and I'm...
Mike,I would be willing to contribute to any Edwards wills you order. Although mine are from Cleddon/Landogo the info I have is sparse and I don't know where...
Mike, We are on the right lines. There are 6 volumes altogether for grooms and another six for brides. Also, there are some parishes which have been done...
Can anyone point me in the direction of Risca births, marriages, deaths and MIs around 1800? I have seen the Risca baptisms, but I can't find what I'm looking...
Steve A couple of points about Risca and PRs in general I have the Bishops transcripts for Risca baptisms & burials too 1812 I have marriages too 1812 and the...
According to the National Archives we will be able to see an entry for a specific address of the 1911 census from the 17th of January but each search will cost...
Mike My Edwards are the ancestors of Elizabeth Edwards who married George Morris at Trellech in 1843. This is my version: 1.Thomas Edwards (c1747 - bur 1802...
Thanks Mike, that's really helpful. If you have access to some of these records, is there any chance you can find an Isaac Haines / Haynes, think he was born...
Steve I dont have access to the Risca or Rogerstone Bethesda baptist chapel records but can photograph these records for you for a fee. Mike ... From:...
Hello, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL As stated the indices I was referring too, were those from Ancestry.com/FreeBMD. When I telephoned the GRO HQ, the contact...
Linda There are no Edwards being buried at either Llandogo or Trellech 1725 - 1800 according to the BTs I have, so I suspect your Edwards below are not from...
Mike, I have been trying to track down more details of the descendents of Philip Williams of Maes-Gwenith (1718 -1785) in both the church records and the...
Mike, I copied the entries below from the Tredunnock Burial Register at GRO in Sept. I typed them out to send to my cousin in New Zealand. I thought I would...
Linda Do you want to go halves on these 10 Wills. I will first check to see if any are at the records office. Mike Jas, Edwards, Llangwm, Llangwm Uchaf, Mon,...
Peter I dont think that there were any parish records for Ifton, there is nothing mentioned in Bradneys. There are quite a few Smith families in the...
Peter, confirming what Mike has said is the following from GENUKI : Church Records a.. The Parish Registers of Wales (NLW, 1986) states that there are no ...
Happy New Year to all Can anyone confirm where the orignal Monmouth BT's are? I have been told that they are in the Herefordshire Record Office. Can anyone ...
Michelle The Bishops transcripts for Monmouth parish are indeed at Herefordshire records office, but you are only allowed to view them on microfilm. Oneday ...
Hello everyone. My name is Sharon Kerwood and I am doing my genealogy on the Kerwood family name. I live in Tucson, Arizona but originally from the Ohio/West...
Hi Mike Thanks for confirming the information about Monmouth BT's. I have already looked on your website and I will bear in mind your offer to look up certain...
Mike Yes to the question about the wills(let me know how much) Re: Thomas Edwards. he was buried at Trellech during a brief period when ages and cause of death...
Sharon These are 2 Kerwood marriages I found from my marriage index that are probably your family. Kerwood Richard Dixton Elizabeth Griffiths Monmouth Monmouth...
These are some Kerwood/Kirwwod monumental inscriptions found on the Herefordshire FHS website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukhfhs/ KIRWOOD ANN (Mrs) Ganarew...