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Title: Church Records Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Post by: teddymark on Friday 29 June 12 03:38 BST (UK)

According to the IGI my William ROBERTS was baptised in Llanelly Carmarthen on 9 Sept 1838 (Father John Robert, Mother Mary)
I have a copy of his Military record that lists him born 1836

Can anyone tell me what Churches there are in Llanelly that I may contact to possibly get a photo copy of the entry.
thank you so much for any help!
teddy (USA)

Title: Re: Church Records Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Post by: GrahamSimons on Friday 29 June 12 09:45 BST (UK)

Lots of info on the Genuki page which acts as a portal to others:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llanelli/

Title: Re: Church Records Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Post by: Cell on Monday 02 July 12 00:29 BST (UK)

Hi,
The  scanned baptism record from the parish books is on findmypast Under Robert ( not Roberts)
As you are in the US, It may be far  easier ( and cheaper) for you to purchase the copy off there than to contact the record office for exactly the same copy.
Place of marriage is  St Elli Llanelli.
I've taken a look at the entry ,it doesn't give the age of the child being baptised, parents and date are the same as on the IG, father was a collier.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/parish-records/baptisms?tab=1

If  you put in William Robert , exact date of 1838 and llanelli - you'll come across the entry , it will cost 20 credits to view the image  ( you can purchase 60 credits for 6 pounds 95)

If you know for sure that he was born in 1838, I wouldn't take  much notice of the age on the military record. I have a couple of them where I have their official birth certificates and  their ages are out  by one to two years on their military records
Hope that helps
Kind regards

Title: Re: Church Records Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Post by: teddymark on Monday 02 July 12 00:33 BST (UK)

thank you for all the help! Will give it a try
Yes I am in the USA

Title: Re: Church Records Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Post by: teddymark on Tuesday 18 June 13 17:26 BST (UK)

hi again, finally getting back into genealogy after the death of my husband
I now think that this is not the IGI for William Roberts I am looking for.
William Roberts, the son of John Robert Lewis and Mary Roberts, is the nephew of John Roberts the harpist. All the books etc I have read on the Welsh Gypsies list this.
So back to the drawing board :-)