I have a Samuel Davis born 1716 , died in Massachusetts. His wife was Elisabeth Oselland born 1720. Don’t know where in Wales they were from but my Dad said they were from Wales, his g-father still spoke Welsh. Very good information you have here, Thank you 😊
Useful video for helping people to trace their ancestry, one point though, there isn't a cable-car to the summit of Snowdon, it's a mountain railway, a train that uses a special cogged track, running centre to the outside tracks, that is geared to the train to enable it to climb the steep inclines (the 'usual' outside wheels of the train wouldn't provide enough traction in themselves for this).
Wonderful! I have Parry, Edwards, Morgan, Phillips and Davies in my tree! Mostly they emigrated to the US around 1860 but I really want to find older generations in Wales. Loved Wales when we visited in 1986!
A record given as "Ystraddynodog" on Genes Reunited, there is no such place, turned out to be a computer misreading of a V as N from handwriting on a Victiorian record. It was in fact Ystradyfodwg, in the Rhondda.
Hi I am here after discovering the identity of my paternal side and found out My father was also a JONES and 50% if my dna says imof Welsh decent so Im looking firward to learning about my Welsh family history I have been able to find my grandfather and great grandfather whos names are charles Vernon or vernon Charles Jones . Sadly for me the men on my paternal side all had several marriages sone at the same time lol and my father thiugh born Teddy Jones was adopted later by his stepfather and changed his name to Dick Ryan but hes definatly the 1st born son of Vernon Jones born in Kentucky in 1910s i will be revisiting their tree after i watch your videos I finding Charles Vernon and Edward Jones as my paternal grandfathers
Have you ever heard of the name Wheelock? It could be spelled whelock, welok, ouilock. An ancestor hugh de Whelok would've been a knight in the cheshire area. A landholder in what is now called cheshire. Believe his name referred to winding river.
Great advice & knowledge ... I have learnt alot.... thanks heaps.... I am tracing my great grandfather's first wife on behalf of an older cousin here in Australia.... would be interested if you can help... cheers Debz from Oz
Hi there this is a great video for me starting out. I hope you could answer what seem like a simple question but I suppose I’m just starting out researching. So, I have managed to use censuses goon back to 1861 to trace great grandparents how sure can I be that I ha e found t be correct family member? I have essentially traced working out birth dates from the censuses and then searched on earlier censuses to trace. Hope this makes sense. Thank you
In my ancestory research, I discovered that William Griffith came to America in the late 1600’s. I have seen many different spellings of Griffith. Is the modern surname Griffith a derivation of other Griffith names (Gryffeth, Griffiths, etc) from the 1600’s?
In parish records prior to, say, 1800, a baptismal entry would state the given name of the child, the given name of the father and the mother's name with a patronymic surname. Does that patronymic surname that follows the mother's given name refer to her husband's father or her own father?
I am an American but my Granfathers last name was Bevan. His father was born I Prince Edward Island CA in 1864. I cannot find where in Wales his ancestors are from. Suggestions would be much appreciated!! Jan
Dear Ellie, thank you for a nice lesson. My family name is Tudor or Tewdwr the old way. As far as I know the family Tudor history starts by mentioned sentance , - the stranger came and mrried Margarita .... it was about 1675, but the name could be present befoere on the island og Hvar. The brother of my grandfather , born 1894 was always saying that we are from Wales, and that we are Celts. Could you , please, tell me how to start by searching the real roots. Thank you. Best regards.
I would love to know more about my family tree. I do know two brothers came to the u.s.a. the names are Benjamin and David Howell. The Benjamin Howell is my ancestor. I'm sure they were welsh. I hope you can help. Thanks!
Unfortunately, findmypast is sadly lacking in it's Welsh resources. Unlike England, Wales (particularly south and west Wales) was largely influenced by the chapels, and less so by the Angican church, therefore parish records are only part of the story. Non-conformist records for Wales are barely covered by findmypast or other providers and it is disappointing to see. Surprising too, in that lots of Welsh mining families left the Valleys for the US, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. I have no doubt the demand is there, it just seems that the large providers are happy to take the subscriptions but not a lot of re-investment seems to be going on. Rehashing records from familysearch seems to be the order of the day. A cheap way to increase the number of records, whether they are particularly useful or not.
Hi there, thank you for your feedback - we've passed this onto our Data Team. In the meantime, we are continuing to add Welsh records like probate records and newspapers, so please keep an eye on what we're adding each week.
@@findmypast you made this video and all these wonderful people, They are responding to your video and you leave them hanging you're not answering their questions why not is that what Welsh people do?
What you do when do when do not have much information . My Great Grand Father name John Douglas Pugh his father owned a coal mine but the eldest inherited it. The others and my Great grand father went to America.
Whole British ( welsh) tribes were given these surnames by the conquering Invaders and were given Christian names so a whole tribe would be John or David...
I have a Samuel Davis born 1716 , died in Massachusetts. His wife was Elisabeth Oselland born 1720. Don’t know where in Wales they were from but my Dad said they were from Wales, his g-father still spoke Welsh. Very good information you have here, Thank you 😊
Useful video for helping people to trace their ancestry, one point though, there isn't a cable-car to the summit of Snowdon, it's a mountain railway, a train that uses a special cogged track, running centre to the outside tracks, that is geared to the train to enable it to climb the steep inclines (the 'usual' outside wheels of the train wouldn't provide enough traction in themselves for this).
Wonderful! I have Parry, Edwards, Morgan, Phillips and Davies in my tree! Mostly they emigrated to the US around 1860 but I really want to find older generations in Wales. Loved Wales when we visited in 1986!
Do you know any names of relatives in US? I'm actually Davis but it's quite possible the name was changed.
My last name's Howell and I have Welsh ancestry and I love it LOL
A record given as "Ystraddynodog" on Genes Reunited, there is no such place, turned out to be a computer misreading of a V as N from handwriting on a Victiorian record. It was in fact Ystradyfodwg, in the Rhondda.
Thanks. This is very useful. Any chance that the slides - or the text from the slides - could be downloadable? :-)
Hi I am here after discovering the identity of my paternal side and found out My father was also a JONES and 50% if my dna says imof Welsh decent so Im looking firward to learning about my Welsh family history I have been able to find my grandfather and great grandfather whos names are charles Vernon or vernon Charles Jones . Sadly for me the men on my paternal side all had several marriages sone at the same time lol and my father thiugh born Teddy Jones was adopted later by his stepfather and changed his name to Dick Ryan but hes definatly the 1st born son of Vernon Jones born in Kentucky in 1910s i will be revisiting their tree after i watch your videos I finding Charles Vernon and Edward Jones as my paternal grandfathers
Have you ever heard of the name Wheelock? It could be spelled whelock, welok, ouilock. An ancestor hugh de Whelok would've been a knight in the cheshire area. A landholder in what is now called cheshire. Believe his name referred to winding river.
Excellent information! However, I am still stuck as I cannot find a marriage that occurred in Cardiff in 1946.
Great advice & knowledge ... I have learnt alot.... thanks heaps.... I am tracing my great grandfather's first wife on behalf of an older cousin here in Australia.... would be interested if you can help... cheers Debz from Oz
Totally confused on the Roberts from Bangor. My family tree is all Jones, Hughes and Roberts
Hi there this is a great video for me starting out. I hope you could answer what seem like a simple question but I suppose I’m just starting out researching. So, I have managed to use censuses goon back to 1861 to trace great grandparents how sure can I be that I ha e found t be correct family member? I have essentially traced working out birth dates from the censuses and then searched on earlier censuses to trace. Hope this makes sense. Thank you
In my ancestory research, I discovered that William Griffith came to America in the late 1600’s. I have seen many different spellings of Griffith. Is the modern surname Griffith a derivation of other Griffith names (Gryffeth, Griffiths, etc) from the 1600’s?
In parish records prior to, say, 1800, a baptismal entry would state the given name of the child, the given name of the father and the mother's name with a patronymic surname. Does that patronymic surname that follows the mother's given name refer to her husband's father or her own father?
I am an American but my Granfathers last name was Bevan. His father was born I Prince Edward Island CA in 1864. I cannot find where in Wales his ancestors are from. Suggestions would be much appreciated!! Jan
Dear Ellie, thank you for a nice lesson. My family name is Tudor or Tewdwr the old way. As far as I know the family Tudor history starts by mentioned sentance , - the stranger came and mrried Margarita .... it was about 1675, but the name could be present befoere on the island og Hvar.
The brother of my grandfather , born 1894 was always saying that we are from Wales, and that we are Celts.
Could you , please, tell me how to start by searching the real roots.
Thank you.
Best regards.
You've heard of the royal Tudor house in Wales right? Good possibility that your ancestors had something to do with that
Let me give an example: "John son of John and Mary David" Does "David"refer to the mother or the father of the child, John?
I would love to know more about my family tree. I do know two brothers came to the u.s.a. the names are Benjamin and David Howell. The Benjamin Howell is my ancestor. I'm sure they were welsh. I hope you can help. Thanks!
Did you have any family in San Francisco california?
Do I detect some yorkie or scouse in in your accent?
I'm half Williams
I don't even know where to start because all I have is my DNA test which says I am five percent Welch on my Dad's side.
link for maps please
Unfortunately, findmypast is sadly lacking in it's Welsh resources. Unlike England, Wales (particularly south and west Wales) was largely influenced by the chapels, and less so by the Angican church, therefore parish records are only part of the story. Non-conformist records for Wales are barely covered by findmypast or other providers and it is disappointing to see. Surprising too, in that lots of Welsh mining families left the Valleys for the US, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. I have no doubt the demand is there, it just seems that the large providers are happy to take the subscriptions but not a lot of re-investment seems to be going on. Rehashing records from familysearch seems to be the order of the day. A cheap way to increase the number of records, whether they are particularly useful or not.
Hi there, thank you for your feedback - we've passed this onto our Data Team. In the meantime, we are continuing to add Welsh records like probate records and newspapers, so please keep an eye on what we're adding each week.
@@findmypast you made this video and all these wonderful people, They are responding to your video and you leave them hanging you're not answering their questions why not is that what Welsh people do?
Hello I'm watching ur video on utube...can you tell me about my last name- Welsh/ Surname. Hi my name is Brylie Welsh x
What you do when do when do not have much information . My Great Grand Father name John Douglas Pugh his father owned a coal mine but the eldest inherited it. The others and my Great grand father went to America.
Originally the name would've been Ap hugh referring to son of hugh.
Im curious and you can save me alot of money on my car insurance
My last name is wells so I'm Welsh or whales
Wow you don’t really have a “welsh”accent. To me you just sound English.
Whole British ( welsh) tribes were given these surnames by the conquering Invaders and were given Christian names so a whole tribe would be John or David...