Sorry, I meant to add before posting that I tend to agree that we may never find John Morgan's exact birth date in 1803. I am satisfied with the baptism record but would like to find records for William and Jane.

Hi again calzeat,
thanks for your full reply, I'm pleased you are confident this is your line and that you have clearly done your homework (sometimes new posters don't seem aware of this site's PR database etc etc so can ask somewhat vague/optimistic questions). Thanks for understanding my "reluctance" to spend too much time last night on it without further clarification. Yes I think you're on the right line, as the location Mitcheldean seems critical here as that really narrows your search. Luckily for you MPG is on the case and she has more skill & sources than I do so you can be sure she'll be on the right lines. I've just checked my 1851 Glos Census CD and as expected I agree with her findings below in that respect.
I was interested to see Ancestry's rather poor transcriptions !. I've only just started using Ancestry via my local library's free terminal and I must say I've been very unimpressed with their apparently high % of mis-transcriptions from easily read census forms, I wonder if they use a computer system rather than people who think !
ATB Jeff.

Finally, please note (if you haven't already) this website contains far more than the PRs. The forum is itself searchable, as is the website which includes a huge amount of old documents, photos, e-books, newpaper clippings etc etc. We are lucky to have such an excellent site especially as it's subscription-free.

ps Just to advise you can edit your own posts rather than add extra ones. I say this as this forum automatically and sometimes frustratingly "locks" a thread after 20 posts, regardless of the size of each post. See "FAQ" section for further info.