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John Williams and Mary Lewis
Our 2x great grandparents Second cousin once removed, Meriel, and her husband Ian gathered a great deal of information on the Williams family by viewing original Towyn Parish register Baptism Records in Dolgellau a while ago. Whilst they were looking for the baptism records for the children of (2x Hen Taid) John Williams and Mary …
Merry Christmas – Again!
Really? 12 months? I can’t believe I’ve not updated you for the last 12 months! So much has happened since the last episode. Being retired seems to mean I have less time for writing about the family tree. Walking, brewing, creating a website for the village, more walking, more brewing … it goes on and …
Merry Christmas
A Blogger I Am Not! The tag line “keeping you up to date” is somewhat misleading! I am pretty useless at this blogging lark as it is over 5 months since I last posted an article here. A lot has happened in those months and I can’t remember all of it – it’s an age …
Status
Computers A long winter and a hot summer. Whether this has anything to do with the computer problems I’ve been having lately I don’t know. Suffice to say that an upgrade on my main server failed and so I decided to utilise my old laptop as my new ownCloud and local website server. Hopefully, everything …
Edward Edwards the Builder
Of the Clock Tower in Machynlleth Cara Grant got in touch with me recently regarding her great grandmother, Mary Ellenor Rust (nee Edwards). Mary Ellenor was the daughter of Edward Edwards and Elizabeth Jones. The question being whether this Edward Edwards was the builder of the Machynlleth Clock Tower. The investigation began. Edward Edwards, my …