Quote Originally Posted by Divine Wright View Post
Wow. Good info. The problem I have is that ALL my family are abroad seing as I live in the Basque Country......so on the spot detective work is going to be tough unless I can twist my father's arm.

The Glamorgan Family History Society looks a good bet seeing as my fathers side appear to have married, died or been born in Cardiff/Ponty/Rhymney/Bedwellty. I think I have found my great grandparents marriage registry from the free .gov site. but again they are Williams, Matthews and Phillips so it's a little guessy beyond that seeing as I'm approximating the area and date of birth (give or take 10 years) and there are hundreds of people with those surnames. If they were immigrants from other parts of Wales (or god forbid...) , which I suppose the vast majority were in the late 1800's it's pretty much potluck when defining the search area. That's why I'm pretty much stuffed without the Marriage certificate of my great-grandparents.

On my Grandfathers side, his parents/grandparents were supposedly tinker-types from the North of Ireland so feck knows how I'd find that or even if traveller people were all registered, being nomadic and whatnot.

I'll probably have to take the plunge and get the marriage certificate of my great-granparents and take it from there, as advised, month by month.

If any of you want to share the intimate details of your finds, personally, I love good nose.
Are you 100% sure that you have identified your great grandparents correctly? What period in time are you looking at with your Great grandparents? 10 years is a huge chunk of time to “guess” at and as you quite rightly point out, they may have migrated from other parts of Wales. During the turn of the 19th century thousands of workers moved from agriculture in Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucester, Somerset, Devon and Ireland into Wales for work, and they also moved from parish to parish, where ever the work would take them. Before spending out on certificates, you really to be sure you have the right people – otherwise it will become more expensive than it needs to be.