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| Thread ID: 135619 | 2013-11-24 03:52:00 | Family Trees | Richard (739) | PC World Chat |
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| 1360740 | 2013-11-26 04:59:00 | My only forebear from the area is my Great Grandfather who was born in Cwmcarvon, but I know he lived most of his life in Bristol. Others are from Iron Acton (great name) and Llantilio Crossenny (another great name), which are very small places. But nearly all the records I can find have related to Bristol. Occupations were as a cooper, and my Grandfather as a lithographic printer. These were jobs more usual to larger towns or cities. Thanks for the suggestion John, I will follow it up for sure. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1360741 | 2013-11-26 07:37:00 | Dunno if you will find this site to be of use. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1360742 | 2013-11-26 08:16:00 | Richard, there are quite a few rootsweb Welsh lists that have helpful people on them who will do lookups for you and so on. I am subscribed to the Powys list and have been able to track down my great great grandfather's family origins in Llanfihangel Rhydithon through that method. | John H (8) | ||
| 1360743 | 2013-11-26 20:23:00 | How do the Welsh get their tongues around those names??? | Richard (739) | ||
| 1360744 | 2013-11-26 21:24:00 | Well all I can say is that I am glad my great great grandfather left Wales, and my great grandparents came to NZ so I didn't have to struggle with the Welsh tongue. Apparently my GGF was a Welsh speaker when he got here, so he must have learnt it in the Forest of Dean where he was born (the GGGF who left Wales wouldn't have taught him because he was my GGF's father in law, not father). I don't know how they get their tongues around those names either, but if you want to hear what they sound like, try http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/ (look down the right hand menu list for Sounds of Wales, and then you can hear how your ancestral towns and villages are pronounced). |
John H (8) | ||
| 1360745 | 2013-11-27 00:52:00 | How do the Welsh get their tongues around those names???'Cos they're Welsh! | Greg (193) | ||
| 1360746 | 2013-11-28 04:14:00 | Funny thing is I started this genealogy thing quite casually when ancestry offered 14 days free access, but it becomes quite addictive as you find out stuff you never knew, and wish you had started earlier when parents and grandparents were still alive . Welcome to the club . :) It is very addictive once you start . I discovered that our public libraries allow members free access to Ancestry . com but just after I began my research the rotters changed the public computer time limit from one hour to 30 minutes . When your time is up you can sign in again a couple more times but you lose all your saved pages etc so it is a real pain . Hi All . . . Does anyone know of a truly free access site for UK 1911 Census? Does your library have free access to Ancestry . com? They have access to the UK 1911 Census . I'm nearly as bad, having to research Jones and Morgan from Wales Me too . :lol: It was quite a nightmare until I got a couple of really good clues from my Welsh cousins then I managed to find info on my great grandfather who immigrated to the US . Unfortunately I can't find any info on him once he got there, other than a pic of his grave site so have now hit a brick wall . I had no idea that Jones was such a common name over there . :rolleyes: 'Cos they're Welsh! :lol: My mother was Welsh and although her father spoke fluent Welsh everyone spoke English where they lived . Welsh was taught at school however so my mother could speak a bit of it and knew how to pronounce words . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1360747 | 2013-11-28 05:38:00 | Welcome to the club . :) It is very addictive once you start . I discovered that our public libraries allow members free access to Ancestry . com but just after I began my research the rotters changed the public computer time limit from one hour to 30 minutes . When your time is up you can sign in again a couple more times but you lose all your saved pages etc so it is a real pain . Does your library have free access to Ancestry . com? They have access to the UK 1911 Census . Me too . :lol: It was quite a nightmare until I got a couple of really good clues from my Welsh cousins then I managed to find info on my great grandfather who immigrated to the US . Unfortunately I can't find any info on him once he got there, other than a pic of his grave site so have now hit a brick wall . I had no idea that Jones was such a common name over there . :rolleyes: :lol: My mother was Welsh and although her father spoke fluent Welsh everyone spoke English where they lived . Welsh was taught at school however so my mother could speak a bit of it and knew how to pronounce words . Re your last para . . . My mother was Welsh too, but didnt speak it . I lived in Neath from $ to 10 years of age . Welsh was taught in school . I left there at 10, starting to speak without having to translate in my mind first, both ways . Lost it all now . Whereabouts Did your Mother come from? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1360748 | 2013-11-28 06:57:00 | Here is the 1901 Census online, haven't looked at this for ages but found lots of my father's relatives in Manchester about 4 years ago, think the search is still working ok: www.1901censusonline.com BONUS here is a search for the 1911 Census as well: www.1901censusonline.com Arrrgh it looks as if one has to pay, didn't before when I first used it, sorry. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1360749 | 2013-11-28 07:10:00 | Here's another one but unfortunately also have to pay for detailed results: www.findmypast.co.uk |
zqwerty (97) | ||
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