General Chat

My Ancestry is also up for renewal next month - I notice their logo is on the site and wonder if I can rejoin there at a discount??

But if the gen opinion is just have coffee and a natter - Im good for that too.

I sure that both can be done Maddie. It would be a pity not to take advantage of the opportunities that are there.

Do you have a name for the smallholding in WoT?

I only ask cos it may be in one of the Bristol Past books and I have a few of them especially local ones as I live half a mile up the road from WoT.

Maddie Im up for having a nose round see what they got, think I will bring a note book with my Welsh lot in it just incase.

*note to self to charge up Boo's DS

I would have to bring a portfolio with my Welsh folk. I did not realise how Welsh I was til I started this Tree lark !!!! lol I only thought my one grandmother was Welsh - ohh noooooooo grandfather was as well and all of their rellies and they had huge families - they soooo obviously had no TV in them days! PMSL.

Tina xx

Tina my nans maternal side is Welsh I have them back to 1764 in the same area I am now but the records I need to get me back further were destroyed :o(

So im mainly working on my dads side at the mo, who were from Devon/Cornwall

Hi Jax
Part of my Welsh family originally came from Cornwall/Devon too and moved to where the work was I believe.

I will have to have a serious read of my tree to see what I need to research or look out for. Must try and get some addresses jotted down to see if there are any photographs of the area too.

Am looking forward to meeting you and the others. :))

Love
Tina xx

~~~~~ waves to everyone

I am also a newby Fair goer... from what I can gather, it will give you an opportunity to purchase stuff like charts and acid free paper, plus discuss with stall holders the areas/names you are researching, so a list of the names would be good.. also, there will be people from the Devon and Cornwall FHS there.... they will have general info of where you can go to do various bits of research, too. I am a member of both, but haven't figured out how to use all the info yet (I know, I am a proper numpty)

I think some of the stalls will have stuff like photos... or info on where to go to get hold or ask about them.

I think it is a fairly small area, indoors in a large hall... there is a cafe on site where drinks and lunches are served from 12 until 2 and then on somewhere later, where depends on how many of us there are, lol

Maddie, sounds like you are more Welsh than me, lol..... 5 of my Gt grandparents were from Devon or Cornwall, one was from half Welsh/English, and two who were very Welsh... both were Welsh speakers!!

A right mongrel, me, lol!

Love

Daff xxx

Daff now ya got me even more excited if there are Devon/Cornwall there

*thinks omg how am I gonna bring all me Walkey info with me

lolol

What'll be even more weird is if you have any connections with me, lol......

Pinch, Impey... they are the main two of mine that may be connected to branches in your neck of the woods... haven't gone far enough back yet to make a proper connection other than a tingle in my tummy!!

Love

Daff xxx

OMG I can see I will have to take out a bank loan for all my purchases. Did not realise Devon&Cornwall were there too.

Oh I am getting soooooooooooo excited. *jumps up and down*.


Love Tina

XXXX

I do hope I'll be getting there and see everyone!!

Ann XXXX

Oh heck I'm part Cornish too!

I hope you can, Ann... cos the teddy gets it if you don't.... that wasn't my idea by the way, but it was a very good one so I've nicked it!.. you could always drive to mine, and we go together in my car?

Love

Daff xxx

Claire, it would seem most of South Wales has connections... the Cornish miners were considered the best, so they followed the work.

Love

Daff xx

Tina calm down, now...... Devon and Cornwall will not all be there, just a couple of people, lol!!

Love

Daff xxx

LOLl okay I am calm. Am going to concentrate on one branch when I get there.

Lots of love
Tina xx

I hope Ann can make it too. :)) xx

Devon and Cornwall too! I havent got that far - but I do know that my dad had two brothers that he only found out about 5 years ago. They live in Cornwall and my dad and his wife have got on so well with them and its their fav part of the country and as I live up this and of the country and my brother in Plymouth they are selling up and moving to Cornwall from Kent to be closer to us all.

I have just c & p'd this straight from the site!!



Our Open Day is always the highlight of the Society's year. It gives us the chance to meet members from all over the country, who come to visit and view the many stalls. And it gives you, the researchers, the chance to view the stalls not just of each of our branches but also those of other Family History Societies and organisations from as far afield as Cornwall, and the stands of booksellers, microfiche producers, specialist computer software retailers and many others.

We hold our Open Day in the ever popular venue of County Hall in Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, and the previous Open Days held there were voted a resounding success by all who attended: this was thanks to the enthusiasm and hard work of Malcolm Otton, its Organiser, and all our other volunteers.

Each year, our own Society has nine stalls.

Gwent FHS - Abergavenny/Monmouth Branch
Gwent FHS - Blackwood Branch
Gwent FHS - Chepstow Branch
Gwent FHS - Ebbw Vale Branch
Gwent FHS - Newport Branch
Gwent FHS - Pontypool Branch
Gwent FHS - Publications Sales
Gwent FHS - Trips
Gwent Pedigrees
Ten other neighbouring Family History Societies are attending to date, each with their own stall:

Bristol & Avon FHS
Cardiganshire FHS
Cornwall FHS
Dyfed FHS
Glamorgan FHS
Gloucestershire FHS
Herefordshire FHS
Powys FHS
Weston super Mare FHS
Devon FHS
... and sixteen other specialist Societies and stalls:

Family History & Napoleonic Wars (Barbara Chambers)
Black Sheep Research
Blaenau Gwent Library Services
Brecon, Radnor & Monmouthshire Marriage Index (1754-1812)
Cornish Forefathers Society
Gwent County Record Office & Friends
Richard Moore Help Desk & Sales
L&J Research Services
Merthyr Tydfil Libraries
Monmouthshire County Library
National Library of Wales
Newport Community Learning & Libraries
Friends of Newport Ship
Wyvern Midland Railway Index
Capel: The Chapels Heritage Society
WG Lloyd Books
... as well as sixteen other commercial stalls selling or advising on specialist books, maps, computer software, and other genealogy aids (mostly the familiar names of our friends who support us each year, but including one or two welcome new names):

AMP Photography
Bryan Ford Postcards
David Williamson Postcards
Datapics
Family History Shop
Genealogy Printers
Llyfrau Gwynedd Williams: Antiquarian Books
Mapped Out
Monmouthshire Churches
Parchment Printers (Oxford) Ltd
Parish Chest
RS Designs
S & N Genealogy Supplies
This Way Books
Derek Warry Postcards
Newtown Design Services


So that is who will be there altogether!!



Maddie, that will be lovely, having your family so much closer... and to find two brothers after all this time must be amazing.

Love

Daff xxx

Thank you Daff for c&p those details. Gosh what a lot to take in. I am going to have to organise myself LOL.

Love
Tina xxxx

nudge xxxx

nudge nudge!!!