Llanegwad PR Database

The Database is available on CD in Excel and Works Database formats. Other material on the Cd are either jpegs [images] or Adobe PDf files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is included on the CD.

The Registers are supplied both as one complete file in each format and also as individual Registers.

Almost all words in the Registers are in the database and no attempt has been made to translate old spellings - whether Welsh or English. The first Register is in Latin and has been translated for easy access. Unfortunately this Latin Register is of little practical use as in most instances records are name and date only.

Register	Date	*Church*
Earliest Register Latin Translated to English	1700-1745	Llanegwad
Baptisms and Marriages	1754-1779	Llanegwad
Baptisms and Marriages	1784-1799	Llanegwad
Baptisms	1813-1855	Llanegwad
Baptisms	1855-1901	Llanegwad
Burials	1813-1862	Llanegwad
Burials	1862-1905	Llanegwad
Marriages	1799-1813	Llanegwad
Marriages	1813-1837	Llanegwad
Marriages	1837-1920	Llanegwad
Marriages	1900-1920	Holy Trinity
Marriages	1901-1970	St Johns
Marriages	1920-1953	Llanegwad

Place names are, as far as possible, as they appear in the actual Register. There will be seen to be many variations of the same place name.

Persons’ Christian and Surnames names also vary, depending on who wrote the register. Reverend David Nicholl, from around 1798 is a culprit. Examples are Lettice and Lettuce; Catherine and Catharine; Elinor and Elenor; Cadwallader and Kadwallader. He also varies uxore, uxor and wife in the same section!

A wife's Burial may be listed for example as "Ann William John" - William John being either the Christian and Surname of the husband, or it could be that the husband was the son of a William John - thus the wife was actually Ann John [i.e wife of the son of William John!].

All such details are entered and it is for the researcher to decide the connection.

In the Baptisms and Christenings Registers, where the parents may not have been married (i.e. where Parents’ surnames are different) the Child’s surname has been given as that of the father. Both parental surnames are given where possible. Also children appear as son of; daughter of; reputed son or daughter of; natural daughter or son of; as well as illegitimate. These variations are as given in the actual Registers.

Researchers should be aware that the child may have used the maternal name later in life.

The Mother’s Abode is assumed to be that of the Father where no other entry is shown in the Register.

Where possible notes have been added to entries to provide more information. In this event a Source Reference is also given [if available].

The earliest Register is in Latin. Some pages were difficult to see, let alone translate. Latin names have been translated as follows:

Latin	English
*Ludovicus*	*Lewis*
Maria	Mary
Anna	Ann
Janeta Jenet Jennet	Janet
Susanna (h)	Susan
Da	*David*
Jo	*John*

In the Register for Llanegwad, 1745 to 1812 there are no entry numbers as such. However it is indicated in the “Notes” as to what the event was, and the page number in the Register on which the event was originally recorded. Also in this Register the name “Ann” appears mainly without the final “e”. It is unlikely that all females used the same spelling over such a long period, and it is suggested that this may have been an idiosyncrasy of the incumbent.

In the Register for Marriages, 1799 to 1813 many of the Record numbers are repeated, sometimes more than once. These are NOT duplicate entries.

Throughout the database many entries are shown with a [?]. This is because the record was illegible or the spelling uncertain. Parts of a word have been entered where there was no doubt, but care should be exercised when checking these listings.