Y Wawr: cylchgrawn misol y Bedyddwyr Cymreig

Birth marriage and death information will be found reported for areas where the Welsh settled in America. Locations noted from the fifteen marriages and nine deaths in May 1882 include:

Sharon, Mill Hollow, Kingston Jermyn, Parsons and Shenandoah in Pennsylvania

Dodgeville, La Crosse, and Ridgeway in Wisconsin

Jolliet, Illinois

Omaha, Nebraska

The greatest value for genealogists is the additional details that may be included. A few details extracted from the death notice for Charles Jones will illustrate the potential information to be found.

Charles Jones died 21 March 1882 aged 32 years 3 months. He was the son of John and Sarah Jones of Penybanc near Pontantwn, Llangynderyn, Carmarthenshire. Charles emigrated with his parents in July 1866 from Mountain Ash. He married Lydia Williams last month (April 1882).

Volume 7 1882 - Volume 8 (March) 1884