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From: "Anne" <>
Subject: Re: [WLS-RAD] Monmouth -- Wales or England
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:57:10 -0000
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Dear Nina

You don't say which part of Wales your PRICEs come from. I don't have many
ancestors from Radnor - and they are one of my most difficult lines. I am
descended from PROBERTs in Nantmel. My other Welsh ancestors are from the
south.

Best wishes with your PRICEs - that is one name which hasn't cropped up in
my family YET!

Anne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony & Nina Czaban" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [WLS-RAD] Monmouth -- Wales or England


> Thanks for your message Anne: I am truly caught in the middle of this as
I
> have a Welsh grandmother and an English grandfather and they were married
to
> each other! Life is bound to be interesting with that kind of a gene
pool.
> I shall probably be bringing up more controversial topics as I search for
my
> grandmother's roots. Her name was Mary Ann PRICE, daughter of Thomas
PRICE
> and Susannah [?]
>
> Thank you this site and all the help it gives to so many,
>
> Regards, Nina Czaban
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [WLS-RAD] Monmouth -- Wales or England
>
>
> > Dear Nina
> >
> > It was a reasonable question because it seems to be an area of
tremendous
> > ongoing confusion to so many people who do not have very direct links
with
> > Monmouthshire, and it is probably very useful to have the areas of
> confusion
> > explained on a regular basis.
> >
> > I think the Welsh are generally very happy to explain all the nitty
> grittty
> > to non-Brits - there is often confusion about the location and status of
> the
> > whole country of Wales too - not just Monmouthshire. I think this
wasn't
> > helped when the old counties were re-organised and completely re-named
in
> > 1974 - and even this has been changed again recently, largely, but not
> > exactly back to pre 1974 names and boundaries. It can be a mine-field
for
> > researchers!
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > best wishes
> >
> > Anne
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony & Nina Czaban" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WLS-RAD] Monmouth -- Wales or England
> >
> >
> > > Thanks to John, Paul and Anne who have tried to clear up my query.
> > > Unfortunately, it seems that I have inadvertently provoked an ongoing
> > > concern amongst some of our listers. This was not my intention,
rather
> I
> > > just didn't know the answer to whether it was Wales or England. I do
> > > apologize. Regards, Nina
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Ball" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:08 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [WLS-RAD] Monmouth -- Wales or England
> > >
> > >
> > > > Paul Irving <> wrote:
> > > > Monmouth is now in Wales. It was in England (officially) in the 19th
> > > > century. Most of its people consider themselves Welsh.
> > > > ==============
> > > >
> > > > Dear Paul,
> > > >
> > > > I'm afraid you are perpetuating a myth. Monmouthshire has never been
> in
> > > > England. I refer you to Glyn Hale's full explanation of the reason
for
> > the
> > > > confusion, at http://halefamily.net/gwent.html
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > > ----------------------------
> > > > John Ball, Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK
> > > > E-mail:
> > > > Homepage: http://home.clara.net/wfha/
> > > > Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/
> > > >
> > > >
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