People   (Re-unions, trace old friends and relatives.)

Hello Arlene,

I have been busy with other things the last few days, but I just wanted to wish you all the best for your further search for Peter and the links to the other Robert (not to his son Robert).

Findmypast has a lot of Welsh records, but apparently they are not exhaustive as some churches did not supply their records. Also I read that by the year 1851 75% of the Welsh population belonged to some non-Conformist church. Their records are more difficult to find and some movements didn't even keep any. In the first half of the 19th century they would mostly be baptisms anyway as it was compulsory until 1837 (I think, if not later,) to marry in an Anglican church. I have a feeling that Peter may have been a non-Conformist. Daughter Ann's baptism was in a Primitive Methodist church and I haven't found baptisms of the other children, apart from Mary Catherine, who was born to John Griffiths. Unfortunately, it could be that you may never find him.

I put "Welsh non-Conformist records" in as a google search and looked at the familysearch pages that came up. There is a lot of general interesting information on here. You will in Utah have access to the Family History Centre. You may be able to find out more there.

I'll post again if I stumble upon anything interesting, but I seem to have exhausted my possibilities with no access to relevant records. Please keep me informed if you make any progress. I always get interested in these "cases".

Happy hunting,
Linda