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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.

Flewellin formerly (mis?) spelled Flewelling, which I believe originated as Llewellyn. Wallace is also in the family ancestry. Thank you.

Gene-AH-logy, not Gene-AWE-logy

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.

Hi I'm pretty sure we're related my greatmother was Mary Davis who married an O'Connor

My Paternal Grandmother was Dolman Spickett. Believed to have originally from Wales?

My great grandfather was Thomas Williams, and he came from northern Wales.

Williams gere

Meanwhile, I tracked my grandmother's "Welsh" surname down to... Cheshire 😂. Which is next to Wales, but not Wales. Oh well.

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."

My dad's name is Grimes , and my mom's maiden name was Driggers

I'm a Davies from South Wales, UK too! 🥰

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.

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.

Very interesting. Thank you 🥰

Thank you, I visited Cardiff wil zero idea of what to look for nor where to look...

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.

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

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.

Im looking for crumpled, may it be Scottish or welsh?

I was fortunate to find Quaker records with loads of information on my mom's side.

My paternal family came from Canova near Verona Italy, maternal is totally Swedish.

Is Pearce a Welsh surname?

My ancestor was Abraham James, he was a convict sent to Western Australia in 1851 for stealing a loaf of bread. He settled in a place called Toodyay, which resembles the beautiful rolling hills of Wales.

Surname said to be Welsh from a family who migrated from Breckon in the 1730s, landing in NewCastle and migrating on into Pennsylvania to N.Carolina and then to points west.

Two separate branches of my family tree originate in Myrthr Tydfil. Unfortunately, most of the older folk have passed on, and I've no one to ask for information. All my research, which included actually visiting the town years ago, turned up a boatload of Johns, Thomas, Rees, Williams, Wynters, and Cook. One day I hope to continue my search.

I’m BIwer. German.

You've only got four surnames to worry about such as Evans, Williams, Davies, and Jones! The hardest is the trades that go with them such as Good Evans = (The vicar). Dai Davies = (the undertaker), Justin Williams = (The baker), not forgetting Wales"s famous son Tom Jones = (The Singer)

Great-great grandparents came to the US from Caernarvon. I guess they were 'Cofis' as Caernarvon is the last bastion of old Welsh. Edward and Elizabeth Morgan. I'd love to find out if I still have family in Wales today.

Here in Missouri lots of Welsh settled locally where I grew up. (Skilled masons, lots of them that put up most of the chimneys around here on the houses still standing.) My great-great grandparents came from Caernarvon, Wales and were Morgans. According to family history my gg-grandfather Edward was friends with the British PM David Lloyd George and he supervised the construction of the church chimney even though people had a hard time understanding through his heavy Welsh brogue. We also have lots of Jones, Morgans, and Davies around here. We say 'Davies' even though it's supposed to be pronounced 'Davis'.

My surnames are MacLean and Harrington where are they from? 🧐

On second thought, I'm not sure my name is Welsh actually

Wyatt, changed to watt?

My name is Havard

My uncle fred lived in rodney street Swansea 😊

My Mother Eddie Davies Fleet, Born South Wales. Emigrated after WWII To San Diego California because of Cardiff California. I recently found out that Cardiff California will be 100 years old as of 2025.