by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa... More Info
As Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the internet information they acquire. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has been left out and what is still to come? More Info
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This publication includes transcripts for the following: - Aston - Harthill - Todwick - Wales The information contained herein was transcribed by the Rotherham Family History Society
ABERCANAID IN THE PARISH OF MERTHYR TYDFIL, IS SITUATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN CENTRE OF MERTHYR TYDFIL. IT IS BETWEEN THE RIVER TAFF TO THE EAST AND THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL (BUILT 1794) TO THE WEST. THE VILLAGE IS BORDERED BY 4 COLLIERIES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE GRAIG PIT, OPENED BY LUCY THOMAS IN THE 1830'S. THE CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL GRAIG, WAS NAMED AFTER THE DISTRICT, THE GRAIG. IT WA...More Info
Both CD & Download contain details of obituaries between 1900 - 1909 taken from the Merthyr Express newspaper held by the Merthyr Tydfil Central Library. These obituaries were found throughout the newspaper in the form of death notices, an obituary column, accident reports, coroner's inquests and funeral reports. The Merthyr Tydfil Branch of the Glamorgan FHS began transcribing the obituaries and ...More Info
The CD and Download contents which were transcribed up to 2014 are : - History of the Chapel, a Graveyard diagram, Surname index, M.I.s, Photos of the Chapel and a small selection of graves. The Cemetery sits to the North of Pencoed next to the St David's Church in Wales Church.
The CD (part 2) and Download contain details of obituaries between 1910 - 1919 taken from the Merthyr Express newspaper held by the Merthyr Tydfil Library. These obituaries were found throughout the newspaper in the form of death notices, an obituary column, accident reports, coroner's inquests and funeral reports. The Merthyr Tydfil Branch of the Glamorgan FHS began transcribing the obituaries an...More Info