A bit of family history

My Sister inlaw has been delving into the family history for quite some time now, a turn of events transpired from her diligence, yesterday someone with the same Surname as ours phoned her to say she had a book in her possession (long story how it came into her possession) long story short,  she thought the book was from her family tree she was researching but it wasn't, she managed too find my Sister in - laws name through ancestry.com and asked did it belong to her family? after telling my Sister-law a few names she read from the book, low and behold indeed it was our families book (well Glyn's family i should say) Glyn's Brother will now get in touch with his Welsh speaking relatives as the book is written in Welsh, pity his Dad wasn't here to see the book he would have translated it quickly with his Welsh background, what a buzz he would have got too.
We can see the names quite clearly on the fragile pages from the book, Tan Y Craig the house that Aunty Bette and Meme lived in is also mentioned, their ancestors lived in the same house at Cwm Y Glo, i remember going there when our Daughter Sara was born, both Aunty Bette & Meme (Mary) long gone now, some names we have only heard about when Glyn's Dad used to speak of his family in the days when he was a youngster and names his parents had talked about, sadly Dad passed away last year aged 90.
The book must be over 150 years old, what a treasure!! We cant wait to hear more from the pages of this book.
Extra is a picture of the size of the book, its about 4 inches thick. 

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