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Genealogy with a focus on Wales. Let's connect with our ancestors!
Top 5 Websites for Family History Research
Professional Welsh Genealogist talks about the best FREE websites for doing Family History.
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Websites:
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
www.genuki.org.uk/
www.ukbmd.org.uk/
www.library.wales/
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/
archive.org/
Images
A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical records. The Public Domain images used in this video are over 100 years old or 70 years has passed since the passing of their creator:
Boston Public Library
Digital Commonwealth
Artvee
Internet Archive
York Museums Trust
ArtUK
Yale Center for British Art
National Library of Wales
Birmingham Museums Trust
Other Images
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Library_...
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Websites:
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
www.genuki.org.uk/
www.ukbmd.org.uk/
www.library.wales/
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/
archive.org/
Images
A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical records. The Public Domain images used in this video are over 100 years old or 70 years has passed since the passing of their creator:
Boston Public Library
Digital Commonwealth
Artvee
Internet Archive
York Museums Trust
ArtUK
Yale Center for British Art
National Library of Wales
Birmingham Museums Trust
Other Images
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Library_...
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American Struggles with Welsh Genealogy
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An expert in Welsh Genealogy helps you figure out why you're encountering so many obstacles while looking for your ancestors. Link to Elizabeth Shown Mills' website: www.historicpathways.com/articles.html Image Copyright A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical records. The Public Domain images used in this video are over 100 years old or 70 y...
How to Find Meaningful Stories in YOUR Family Tree
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As family historians, our greatest goal is to turn names and dates into rich stories that we can use to connect with our family and wider audiences. But does a family tree really have that much to say about something like a love of gardening? Yes! This video discusses the process of turning an interest, like gardening, into themes that we can then explore in the records. #Genealogy #Wales JOIN ...
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The Great Depression in British Agriculture: A time that had significant impacts on British society and your family history. #Genealogy #Wales JOIN THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: genealcymru.substack.com/ SUPPORT ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/GenealCymru JOIN ON FACEBOOK: GenealCymru A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical records. The Publ...
Unlocking the Secrets of British Graveyards | Genealogy
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What you need to know about the History and Traditions of British graveyards to help find your ancestors and build your family tree! JOIN THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: genealcymru.substack.com/ SUPPORT US ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/GenealCymru JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: GenealCymru #Genealogy #Wales A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical rec...
Preserving Welsh Roots: The Role of Chapels in Family History
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If you have Welsh ancestors, chances are they were religious nonconformists. Studying the chapel they attended is critical to understanding their lives and breaking your brick walls! #Genealogy #Wales JOIN THE FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: genealcymru.substack.com/ SUPPORT US ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/GenealCymru JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: GenealCymru A special thanks to the following institu...
The Myths & Realities of Cousin Marriage in British History
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You’ve found a cousin marriage in your Family Tree? Don’t worry, that’s totally normal! Today we talk about all you need to know about the history of cousin marriage in Britain. JOIN THE FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: genealcymru.substack.com/ SUPPORT US ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/GenealCymru JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: GenealCymru A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedicat...
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Following Your Ancestors: Place Names
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Gough comes from Coch. The Welsh word for Red. Given to someone who had red hair or a beard.
Wales is the biggest country in Europe if we could flatten it out.
Really inteeresting video, well done on the place names.........fom a Welsh Evans 💗
I would love to know where surname Howell mostly lived. 🙂
There's likely no one spot as Howell is one of the patronymic surnames so it arose independently in many different places.
@GenealCymru I have a book on my family tree all from. England, on my Dad's side. When I tried to search farther, it led me to welsh. 🙂
Lewis of Glamorgan
My Welsh family name is Holland!
OK this is confusing for me. I'm from South Wales and have always heard Davies as day vees and Davis as day vis. But everyone else in the comments is saying the opposit. People I've met with this second name say day vees. Same with Harris and Harries, the latter being pronounced harrys. I went to school with a girl called rebecca Harries and she said it as harrys..
Interesting. I wonder if the place you grew up in had a longer history of English influence or something, like Monmouthshire/Pembrokeshire? Dialects certainly are interesting things!
im from ayres and edwards and said to related to ivor norvello who mother was an edwards, a few years ago i heard the edwards clan remember wales was the home of industrial revolution the steam motor to haul coal from the pits and the steam trains and finally cars. the eswards clan owned manhattan island probably called something then, but there is an ongoing court case disputing their owning and if they win they stand to be very wealthy
Interesting. My family is also said to be related to Ivor Novello. I haven't been able to prove it yet though
Robin Trower ✨🎸✨
I love your voice
Morgan from West Wales.
Thank you for your video! Any suggestions for tracing back a Thomas miner who left Wales in 1839? I have the customs house manifest from them leaving Newport and an obit in Y Drych for a son naming Bedwellty as his birthplace. I've found a few baptism records that look right but I'm not sure how to verify that I'm looking at the correct ones when they're that far back.
Glad you found it helpful! First step would be to find as much as possible about him in the place that he immigrated to. Sometimes there are hints in those records: place names, parents' names and such. Bedwellty is a good start, but it's still a pretty big place at that time. Then on to the records in Wales: Baptisms aren't a reliable place to start cause they're divided by denomination, so you likely won't find your ancestor if his parents weren't Anglican. Burials and marriages for that time are much more reliable since there's less denominational divisions in those records.
@@GenealCymru thanks for your response! The rage I feel at trying to trace this guy is frankly amazing. 🤣🤣 He has a generic Welsh name, his wife may or may not have gone by 3 different names, his children all have the same generic Welsh names, and he died within a few years of arriving in Maryland and seems to never be mentioned again. I can see why my grandmother never got very far tracing him even with a trip to Wales.🤣😭
Early 19th C immigrants are really challenging. I still have a branch of my tree that is a total mystery: a Timothy Davies went to the US in 1801 and died some time before 1828 "somewhere on the Ohio." Little by little we'll figure it out though!
@@GenealCymru I'm lucky in that my Benjamin Thomas and family came specifically to work the mines in Lonaconing Maryland along with everyone else on that ship. Many of his descendents stayed around the Frostburg area but going back and finding anything previous has been ridiculous. It's like they popped into existence in the customs house in Newport. 🤣🤣
Oh yeah, if his name is Benjamin, his family was likely non-conformist (i.e., not Anglican), so I wouldn't expect him to show up in the parish baptism books. It might help to look into the nonconformist chapels in the Bedwellty area that align with the denomination of his descendants if you can figure it out.
Flewellin formerly (mis?) spelled Flewelling, which I believe originated as Llewellyn. Wallace is also in the family ancestry. Thank you.
It definitely looks like a name that would originate from Llewellyn. Very interesting!
Gene-AH-logy, not Gene-AWE-logy
In your AC-cent MAY-be
Super cool, yes I’ve had similiar situations. My family has a lot of ancestors who were international businessmen and landowners. Unfortunately it was more plantation magnates in Jamaica and a Governor and commanders in chief over the island of Jamaica and whatnot. But also back in England it was certainly nobility from the 1650’s going back and so many of these situations yes
My hubbies grandmother was Welsh. Her surname was Evans so we named our son Evan. She was so honored.
Oh lovely!
Hi I'm pretty sure we're related my greatmother was Mary Davis who married an O'Connor
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My Paternal Grandmother was Dolman Spickett. Believed to have originally from Wales?
Interesting. Not a name I've heard before. Here's a short write up on some possible origins: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Spickett
My great grandfather was Thomas Williams, and he came from northern Wales.
Nice!
Williams gere
Meanwhile, I tracked my grandmother's "Welsh" surname down to... Cheshire 😂. Which is next to Wales, but not Wales. Oh well.
Nice! Close enough and I'm sure there was a lot of travel across the border so there's probably a Welsh connection at some point.
Da iawn, Dai. I use all of these. Hathitrust also occasionally has some historical, textual material of relevance. I would also recommend the National Library of Scotland Maps collection which has digitized copies of the Ordnance Survey Maps for Great Britain at various scales going back to the 1870s in most cases. These are particularly useful for hunting out placenames and locations. With that in mind, also go to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments Wales (RCHMW) which has a searchable historical placenames website. The web description reads: "The List of Historic Place Names of Wales is a groundbreaking and innovative resource that contains hundreds of thousands of place names collected from historical maps and other sources. It provides a fascinating insight into the land-use, archaeology, and history of Wales." RCAHMW also has Coflein which is of use for some more historical places - sometimes it includes some history and images: "Coflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) - the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh cof (memory) and lein (line). Coflein contains details of many thousands of archaeological sites, monuments, buildings and maritime sites in Wales, together with an index to the drawings, manuscripts and photographs held in the NMRW archive collections." Finally, there is also the People's Collection of Wales: "People's Collection Wales is a free website dedicated to bringing together Wales's heritage. The Collection is full of fascinating photographs, documents, audio and video recordings and stories that link to the history, culture and people of Wales. These items have been contributed to our website not only by national institutions but also individuals, local community groups and small museums, archives and libraries across Wales."
Amazing. Lots of really great sources there. I'm always surprised by what I find on Coflein and People's Collection. Lots of images for really random local places. Love it. Thanks for sharing!
My dad's name is Grimes , and my mom's maiden name was Driggers
I'm a Davies from South Wales, UK too! 🥰
Woo! Awesome
Thank you Dai, consistently great content! One of my favourite resources is the National Library of Scotland maps, in particular the 6 inches to a mile maps from the 19th century. It's always nice to pinpoint the location of somewhere an ancestor lived, especially when it ends up being really close to households of other family members. By the way, thank you for the 1905 photo of the old Cowbridge Girls' Grammar School. Back about 15 years ago I used to be teaching upstairs in that building. Sadly it is now either demolished or about to be.
Glad you enjoyed :). Great addition with the NLS maps. That's a resource that I really don't use a lot, but probably would get a lot out of. Thanks! And that's so cool about your connection to Cowbridge. I really need to find more sources of old photographs cause I love when people see a place they connect with.
Very Interesting. I did not realize GRO does wills and probates. I am looking for a couple of Wills. Thank you for the information. I would love to go to the Welsh Archives, but being in Canada, at the moment it is not a option.
Same here. The archives are just too far away sadly. But figuring out how to make do with what's online develops our research skills in ways that access to the abundance of an archive can't. Fingers crossed we get there someday though!
Very interesting. Thank you 🥰
Glad you enjoyed :D
Thank you, I visited Cardiff wil zero idea of what to look for nor where to look...
Oh no. I hope it didn't spoil your trip. It happens. Hopefully next time you make it you'll have a nice detailed plan of what to look at!
At the moment GRO is my goto site, it has helped find and trace quite a few maternal lines. Remember that many documents may be in cymreag/welsh and translation apps and dictionaries are helpful, aswell as welsh speaking staff. Until I took on a subscription, I used my local library which offered free access to Find my Past and Ancestry. It's worth remembering that ancestors that lived near the border may have records held in archives "beyond Offa's Dyke" where estates and parishes straddled lines on maps.
Lots of really great resources. Thanks! And yeah, the border counties are really interesting in that aspect. Monmouthshire especially is one where for different purposes, and at different times it was part of either Wales or England and so the records for it are all over the place.
I'm from Swansea Wales, I heard a younger guy walk past my house will a heavy American accent, I jumped up and just looked and thought wow I've never actually seen a American here before, felt very weird lol
That certainly is weird.
Cupples/ Hathcock
That was really interesting. My Family name is Bowen. My Gram was a Goswell but I think she was from London. The place name High Wycombe rings a bell. Thank you.
Cool! Goswell is an interesting one. This website suggests it's a lost medieval village and mentions many in London: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gosswell
@@GenealCymru Neat!! thanks.
Im looking for crumpled, may it be Scottish or welsh?
I'm not sure. It's not one I've come across before and nothing clear comes up in a google search. It doesn't look like a typical Welsh surname, but beyond that I can't say.
I was fortunate to find Quaker records with loads of information on my mom's side.
I hear people talk about the Quaker records so often. They really do sound amazing. I don't think any of the Quakers in the area I generally research had records like that.
My paternal family came from Canova near Verona Italy, maternal is totally Swedish.
Very cool!
Is Pearce a Welsh surname?
It's not one I've come across before but this site says it comes from Peter, but Wales has the Peters surname which fits a lot better with how Welsh surnames originated: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Pearce
@@GenealCymru thank you very much!