A place Vron Vriara

[powderpuff]

So sorry not to get back to all your messages any earlier but with the new year and family it's been a little tricky to skip off for a few hours despite me wanting too!

Thank you so much to Tecwyn, William & JL and Annun, you have all given me plenty to look into.  The OS map is a great help, I can just make out the area but with a modern map it's much easier to see and is very close to where you thought of originally.  The cluster of buildings looks promising.

It's a lot to take in initially but with the baptism details it's a huge help and it will certainly keep me busy! It may well be I'll need to order a few b.certs to get the right Sarah and Edward but I really would still be stuck on the first hurdle, so thank you.....until next time

Cheers and happy hunting in 2011

[taidgazacaz]

If you'd like an enlargement of the old map with Fron Freian at centre, it's quite easy, as I have it on disc.

Happy new year and good luck,

Tecwyn.

[JustLooking]

Hi Tecwyn

I think you might have to send it via other means as it could be subject to Copyright, We have to be very careful with maps  

JL

[taidgazacaz]

Oops !! I've done it a few times before and never thought of that    Just read the sleeve and it does say I'm not allowed to post any part of it on the web, use it for commercial gain or loan the disc to anyone else.

It doesn't appear to prevent me from sending it to you by e-mail.

Perhaps the Moderator might like to comment here.

Tecwyn.

[taidgazacaz]

If I may return to an earlier discussion regarding the spellings Vron vs Fron etc., I finally looked at the 1891 census where Vron Viara appears.

I find that the enumerator was called William Michell, so my guess is that this fellow was not Welsh and therefore wrote the name down in the way an Englishman would do; i.e. V not F.

Just a thought.

Tecwyn.

[JustLooking]

It could well be that it was Samuel who wrote it down on the individual household schedule wrongly. The enumerator usually just copied into his book what was written on the individual schedule.

We  Chirkers weren't always  too good at the Welsh language 

JL