Comments on: Welsh parish registers go online http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/welsh-parish-registers-go-online/ Alan Stewart's UK and Ireland family history news Mon, 06 May 2013 06:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alan Stewart http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/welsh-parish-registers-go-online/#comment-1121 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:31:59 +0000 http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/?p=1569#comment-1121 Hi Joy

Not all churches in Wales will be covered, as some have decided “not to be involved” (although I can’t imagine why not). You can see which parishes won’t be included in the database at http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/welsh-collection/parish-registers. Pembrey is not one of the parishes mentioned, however, so I suggest you get in touch with Find My Past UK and point out the omissions.

I agree that more details would be helpful, but we’re stuck with what was recorded at the time the entries were written in the registers. You can see from the online images in the database that, unfortunately, most of the information you mention wasn’t recorded before 1813.

Best wishes

Alan

]]> By: Joy http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/welsh-parish-registers-go-online/#comment-1117 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:35:17 +0000 http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/?p=1569#comment-1117 I gave this database a trial run and was disappointed. A marriage in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire in 1829 that I have extracted from the Parish Register is not listed and several baptisms are also missing. I would seem that it is not the complete coverage that they claim. Also as one Thomas Jones is indistinguishable from the hundreds of others an image of each entry showing more details such as occupation/abode/father/father’s occupation would help solve this problem. Therefore, for me it will have limited usefulness.

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