THE DYFED MAILING LIST

Dyfed area ?

What is this site for ?

What is a mailing list?

Is it the only list for this area ?

How does one join/leave?

Some do's and don'ts

How to post list messages

Who runs it?

Useful links

Archives

Why a combined list?

Dyfed area?

From Wikipedia (which has a diagram showing the approximate geographic area of Dyfed) ;

" Dyfed was one of the ancient kingdoms (or principalities) of Wales prior to the Norman Conquest. It occupied an area roughly corresponding to the later county of Pembrokeshire. In the 10th century Howell the Good united Dyfed and the neighbouring kingdom of Seisyllwg under his rule. The new kingdom became known as Deheubarth and covered an area roughly corresponding to the later county of Dyfed. During local government reorganisation in 1974, the newly-created non-metropolitan county covering Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire was given the name Dyfed. It was divided into six districts, namely Carmarthen, Ceredigion, Dinefwr, Llanelli, Preseli, South Pembrokeshire. However, further reorganisation of local government on April 1, 1996, involving the creation of unitary authorities resulted in a return to the status quo, with Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire being restored for administrative purposes. The name survives as a ceremonial preserved county, and in that of institutions such as Dyfed-Powys Police" (and more relevantly, Dyfed Family History Society)
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What is this page for?

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What is a mailing list ?

A mailing list is FREE to use and is simply an e-mail party line: every message that a list subscriber sends to the list is distributed to all other list subscribers.  Equally, you will receive a copy of ALL messages posted.  If you join the list then you should expect to receive more (sometimes many more) messages besides a response to your own postings.
Archived messages may be browsed by anyone, However, messages may only be posted to the list after subscribing. Subscribing to a mailing list is free of charge and is one of the best ways of connecting to people who share your interests.

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How does one join/leave?     (or subscribe/unsubscribe)

There are two ways of receiving list messages;

Subscribing and unsubscribing

To subscribe in either mode, or to unsubscribe, follow the instructions at http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/WLS/DYFED.html

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How to post list messages

Here are some basic pointers which people completely new to mailing lists might appreciate;

Dai Bevan

email address

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Some do's and don'ts

This is a fairly easy going mailing list but here are some suggestions/tips which if adopted by most listers for most of the time will make the list administrator's job a real pleasure;

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Archives.

It is at the list administrator's sole discretion whether anyone may subscribe, or remain subscribed, to the list

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Is it the only Rootsweb list for this area?

No.

Whilst the Dyfed list is the original and main list for CGN and PEM there are also nowadays separate Rootsweb based county lists for Cardiganshire (CGN), Carmarthenshire (CMN) and Pembrokeshire (PEM) - details of which can be seen on Rootsweb

Why a combined list?

This note was sent by the list administrator to all members of the CMN, PEM, CGN and Dyfed lists in 2006:
I'd like to share with you my growing concern that these 3 lists are *separately* teetering on the edge of becoming less than viable.  I'm referring of course to the very low level of list traffic, the lists' archive statistics show the reality only too well. Without getting too much into the history of the thing, the separate county lists of CGN & PEM came about more or less at Rootsweb's whim, in the beginning (1998) there was only Dyfed which did, and does, cover CMN, CGN and PEM. Powys was in the same position as Dyfed, yet the original Powys list is vibrant whilst the separate lists of BRE, RAD & MGY see token traffic.

My inclination now is to follow Powys's lead and contrive to make the Dyfed list again the main conduit but keep the CGN and PEM lists going on a 'tick over basis'. There would be the added benefit of just about eliminating the need for cross postings. One disadvantage might be, for example, that listers interested in PEM would receive messages about CGN, but hey, look at the archives' stats ! (and balance that against not getting duplicate mails)

I would add notes in key places which would explain it to new listers. It would also make sense for most of us to then unsubscribe from CGN and PEM. Nothing we decide has any bearing on the separate CMN list. I would not support closing down the Dyfed list, that is not an option for me.
It is also true that a number of messages were being sent to more than one of the county pages.

As a result of the majority of list subscribers accepting the proposal to only use the Dyfed list, the automatic welcome message to the PEM and CGN lists now recommends using the Dyfed list instead. A manual message is also sent by the list admin, to cater for regular list users who may not read the welcome message:

Hello _______,
I see you have just subscribed to the Cardiganshire and/or Pembrokeshire list. This list is very little used now. You are likely to have more success if you subscribe instead to the Dyfed list, which covers Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire. When posting notes on the Dyfed list, please start with the county codes PEM, CGN,CMN as appropriate if your message is applicable to one county only.
Dyfed list: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/WLS/DYFED.html

The Dyfed list is not just a 'lookups list'- as important as that aspect is. A number of 'resident' or long term listers who really do know a lot about their counties will take every opportunity to share that knowledge with others.

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Who runs it?

The list is operated on Rootsweb, it was administered since its inception in 1998 to November 2006 by Gareth Hicks (who also maintains the GENUKI pages for WALES, AGY, CAE, CGN, CMN, GLA, MER, MGY, PEM, RAD pages) before transferring administration to Dai Bevan

Dai Bevan

email

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Useful links

Rootsweb

Genuki

South/West Wales Lookup Exchange http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html

Gareth's Help Page is a genealogy Help Page slanted towards Welsh matters on   http://http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html
 and is an excellent first starting point for any queries on genealogy questions of a general nature.

Dyfed Family History Society http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/

Cardiganshire Family Society http://www.cgnfhs.org.uk/

John Ball's Welsh Family History Archive http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/index.html

Jill Muir's Welsh Chapels & Churches website http://welshchapelsandchurches.org/ has many pictures of Welsh Chapels and Churches.

History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy gives many general useful genealogy tips.

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[Last Updated : 31 December 2012 by Dai Bevan]

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