Beach Family of the Newlands Area 1685 onwards (General)

by BSEDDON , Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 13:56 (4654 days ago) @ fredb

Hi again Fred

From previous messages, it appears to me that your main interest lies with the Beaches of Monmouth and any links that they may have to the Forest of Dean, rather than the FOD itself. Hope I've got that right....

You've probably seen it before but just in case, the parish records on this site list a baptism in 1797 of a Benjamin Beach (parents Samuel and Mary) taking place in Monmouth. Are these the ancestors that you have referred to?

I'm currently trying to trace the Beach descendants from Ellwood/Milkwall/Clearwell areas circa 1700. My GGGrandfather George Beach 1835 moved from Littledean to Wigan in the 1860's. I'm interested to see how far the rest of the clan spread out (or not!) and when mining stopped being the only source of work. I'm just followed the data and so far it's also led me to London, the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East. Monmouth has been a stepping stone but I've not found anything permanent yet. Some Beaches seem to have arrived from Monmouth. I could provide a list if it would be of any interest to you.

My main resources have been this site's parish records and the censuses on FindmyPast. Like many computer systems, this imposes an artificial geographical boundary which human beings can easily cross in real life. The Welsh border being a typical example.

Also, I'm not sure what the FOD database in drawn from. Clearly the FOD, but it also has records from such diverse areas as Monmouth, Quedgely, Newent, Dymock and Dixton. How complete these are is questionable. What other resources do you use for Monmouth?

If I come across anything that might be of interest to you then I'll let you know, Brian