Post by mai on Sept 1, 2019 13:24:09 GMT 1
Hi.
i’ve finally decided to try my hand at tracing my ancestors, now I have a bit more time from work commitments. But I really have little idea where to start and my knowledge of family past is patchy. I was born in Gwaunfaran maternity home in 1951 and lived in Gellifaelog Road, going to Gellifaelog Primary School and then County Grammar. My father, Trevor Williams, was a bus driver, my Mam, Rachel, (nee Rees), a housewife. I only remember my PGM who died when I was about 10/ 11. I think my father’s family were Merthyr born. I know little about my mother’s side of the family; I think her parents both died when she was a teenager and she went to live with an aunt in Broad Street, Dowlais but I can’t ever remember meeting them. Mam had one brother, Emrys who was killed in the east during WW2. Dad died in 1963.
i had two sisters, both a little older than me, one of whom is now deceased. I have found one photograph of each of them on school photos on this site. We attended Gwernllwyn Chapel, (sometimes three times every Sunday) and I remember my sisters friends, Marilyn Pratt and Cheryl Farrow.
Where is the best place to find old Merthyr records and photographs. I went to Merthyr library a few years ago but I got the feeling there are no records held there. Any advice would be appreciated.
i’ve finally decided to try my hand at tracing my ancestors, now I have a bit more time from work commitments. But I really have little idea where to start and my knowledge of family past is patchy. I was born in Gwaunfaran maternity home in 1951 and lived in Gellifaelog Road, going to Gellifaelog Primary School and then County Grammar. My father, Trevor Williams, was a bus driver, my Mam, Rachel, (nee Rees), a housewife. I only remember my PGM who died when I was about 10/ 11. I think my father’s family were Merthyr born. I know little about my mother’s side of the family; I think her parents both died when she was a teenager and she went to live with an aunt in Broad Street, Dowlais but I can’t ever remember meeting them. Mam had one brother, Emrys who was killed in the east during WW2. Dad died in 1963.
i had two sisters, both a little older than me, one of whom is now deceased. I have found one photograph of each of them on school photos on this site. We attended Gwernllwyn Chapel, (sometimes three times every Sunday) and I remember my sisters friends, Marilyn Pratt and Cheryl Farrow.
Where is the best place to find old Merthyr records and photographs. I went to Merthyr library a few years ago but I got the feeling there are no records held there. Any advice would be appreciated.
