About Glamorgan Genealogy Research Service
Something about us
Glamorgan Genealogy Research Service is jointly offered by Jennie Newman & Lyn John.
Jennie, has been involved in family history research for over 15 years whilst Lyn has over 30 years experience. We are both passionate about Family History and believe that most people are interested in their own ancestral history.
On St David's Day this year on BBC Wales TV, Jennie was filmed with the internationally known singer Petula Clark CBE who lived in Abercanaid near Merthyr Tydfil, during the War. Jennie had researched Petula Clark's family history for the programme. The singer returned to the south Wales valleys to rediscover her roots for the series. 'Pet' and her sister had been sent to stay with her grandparents and aunt and uncle, because of the London blitz.
Jennie was seen once more in July this year on HTV Wales, as she starred again as the background genealogist in 'Family Tree Detectives' This was later played on the HTV Wales web site at http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/documentaries/
Lyn has been involved in genealogy since the mid 70's, when researching your family history was not as popular as it is today. There were very few indexes and once the General Register Office Index of Birth Marriage and Death had been investigated you were faced with un-indexed census searches, with little idea of which part of the village, town or city the family would appear in. It was quite hard and tiring work searching through the parish registers and censuses.
Lyn's other interest was teaching Family History adult classes in Glamorgan and is he well known on the "Gene Scene" after teaching and attending many Family History Fairs etc.,
CD Indexes by Family Historians for Family Historians
Why CD Indexes and why this website?
Trying to locate the census pages and other documents containing records of your ancestors can be difficult. If you able to find the district, sub-district or street, your task is made so much easier.
However, you may not always know where in a town your ancestors lived — looking through hundredss of pages of hand-written parish register documents can be a daunting task; that is, if in the first place you are able to easily access the Record Office or Libraries in the county of research.
Lost that marriage of ancestors? What a great advantage it is to know that the Glamorgan registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths are indexed and available for you to browse at home.
This is why our CDs of Indexes to many records are invaluable. Try them and discover for yourself the ease in which you are able to find your family and from the indexes move on to further research.
Our website is here to help you access the many CD Indexes that we have, easily and simply. We aim to provide high quality, efficient and customer focused services for family, community and local historians, which help to improve the quality of the hobby we share with you .
Jennie Newman and Lyn John are here to assist you.