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We are very fortunate in having list members who are actively engaged in other genealogical projects. Look out for regular List Members:

Gareth Hicks runs Genuki Wales website full of information and also a Help page. His Cwmgors a'r Waun site, is slanted towards Welsh genealogy.
Dai Bevan is admin for the Dyfed Mailing List where you will find experts on many subjects willing to help. Dai also has a Duffryn-Clydach website
John Ball who contributes photographs of areas of Wales on his personal website John's Homepage. John is administrator of the excellently run Powys List.
Jeff Coleman who maintains our Glamorgan Mailing List and gives detailed help with family history requests. Jeff is particularly knowledgeable about the Swansea valley.
Jill Muir runs this website and the Welsh Chapels and Churches Photographic Web site and helps as Joint List Administrator for the Glamorgan List. She has a website on Transcribing Gravestones.

Using Archive Search Engine.

The Glamorgan Mailing List archives are very useful in several ways.

You are able to Search the archives for a given Surname, which makes it easy to find who has researched your surname earlier. Be warned though if the message is an old one that the subscriber may have changed their email account. Placing your Research Interests on the List should alert that person.
You are able to search for a given Location or Topic, which makes it easy to see what has been discussed previously.
You can Browse the archives to see if messages are reaching the List and if yours is shown, when you are concerned that you haven't seen your posting.

Don't forget spelling. I know this sounds obvious, but please bear in mind that most search engines will only give hits on EXACT matches.

Finally, if you are still stuck, here are two websites which may help you further.