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
@sstitt044011 күн бұрын
My hubbies grandmother was Welsh. Her surname was Evans so we named our son Evan. She was so honored.
@GenealCymru9 күн бұрын
Oh lovely!
@GemPlant-xf1dc12 күн бұрын
Hi I'm pretty sure we're related my greatmother was Mary Davis who married an O'Connor
@GenealCymru12 күн бұрын
Amazing! If you'd like to get in touch, please send me an email: GenealCymru [@] outlook [dot] com
@antonyandrewmcgregorgosper310012 күн бұрын
My Paternal Grandmother was Dolman Spickett. Believed to have originally from Wales?
@GenealCymru9 күн бұрын
Interesting. Not a name I've heard before. Here's a short write up on some possible origins: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Spickett
@donb711314 күн бұрын
My great grandfather was Thomas Williams, and he came from northern Wales.
@GenealCymru13 күн бұрын
Nice!
@user-nu6gl8io8f14 күн бұрын
Williams gere
@efretheim16 күн бұрын
Meanwhile, I tracked my grandmother's "Welsh" surname down to... Cheshire 😂. Which is next to Wales, but not Wales. Oh well.
@GenealCymru14 күн бұрын
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.
@LDCdigger16 күн бұрын
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."
@GenealCymru14 күн бұрын
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!
@user-em2nh2hh8m17 күн бұрын
My dad's name is Grimes , and my mom's maiden name was Driggers
@uk.nature.mindfulness19 күн бұрын
I'm a Davies from South Wales, UK too! 🥰
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
Woo! Awesome
@owenphillips916620 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
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.
@gopherlyn20 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
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!
@mariamerigold20 күн бұрын
Very interesting. Thank you 🥰
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed :D
@kevinjewell23320 күн бұрын
Thank you, I visited Cardiff wil zero idea of what to look for nor where to look...
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
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!
@cennethadameveson371520 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru19 күн бұрын
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.
@Skeet-xg5gg21 күн бұрын
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
@GenealCymru21 күн бұрын
That certainly is weird.
@williamcupples368122 күн бұрын
Cupples/ Hathcock
@filmic122 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru21 күн бұрын
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
@filmic121 күн бұрын
@@GenealCymru Neat!! thanks.
@brenharris621422 күн бұрын
Im looking for crumpled, may it be Scottish or welsh?
@GenealCymru22 күн бұрын
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.
@joshuaevans248523 күн бұрын
I was fortunate to find Quaker records with loads of information on my mom's side.
@GenealCymru22 күн бұрын
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.
@user-eg3qu2zh4g24 күн бұрын
My paternal family came from Canova near Verona Italy, maternal is totally Swedish.
@GenealCymru22 күн бұрын
Very cool!
@claudiahansen493826 күн бұрын
Is Pearce a Welsh surname?
@GenealCymru22 күн бұрын
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
@claudiahansen493822 күн бұрын
@@GenealCymru thank you very much!
@phdspencer985228 күн бұрын
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.
@larryreese614628 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru28 күн бұрын
Very interesting
@larryreese614628 күн бұрын
@GenealCymru too much information but would this check out? They were said to have spent a brief time in Cecil County, Maryland but because of land disputes moved on into Pennsylvania. From there they intermarried and traveled with the Scots Irish. When land opened in N.Carolina a David Reese settled around the Charlotte area and was an elder in Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church. One son became a trader to the Cherokee. I now reside in Oklahoma. My DNA says mainly from Britain, mixed with Native American and, surprisingly, a large amount of Scandanavian, Norwegian. Does this time line and written family history make sense?
@GenealCymru28 күн бұрын
I don't really know enough to give a yes or no, but I would want to know wayyy more to say that I'm certain that it's them. Especially with people who migrate a lot, I want to know that each record ties without a doubt to the previous record. By that I mean I would want to be able to prove that it's not just that there's a David Reese in Charlotte and one in Maryland, but I would want lots of extra information showing that it's the SAME David Reese who is in one place and then in the next.
@larryreese614627 күн бұрын
@@GenealCymru thank you.
@larryreese614627 күн бұрын
An apology for the length of these queries and one last question. The family link to this David Reese of N.Carolina is fairly well documented through wills, rolls, etc. That he was fairly well established and perhaps moderately wealthy is shown. Most of the Welsh link etc was related by a grandson and that he was a staunch Presbyterian and a church elder. My question is: Why would a moderately wealthy person or persons immigrate to America during the 1730s? Was there something going on in Britain, religious troubles etc that would have influenced the immigration, or was the grandson's remembrance all wet? Last question and thank you for your time.
@joannethorne655528 күн бұрын
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.
@GenealCymru28 күн бұрын
Nice! Wynters and Cooks are new to me. Lots of really interesting names to research.
@joannethorne655528 күн бұрын
@@GenealCymru Some were spelled Winters as well. Good luck with your research. 😊
@meowMix0329 күн бұрын
I’m BIwer. German.
@GenealCymru28 күн бұрын
Nice!
@meowMix0328 күн бұрын
@@GenealCymru From Minnesota Iowa of course ❤️
@billmmckelvie518829 күн бұрын
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)
@tomservo5347Ай бұрын
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.
@GenealCymruАй бұрын
It's definitely possible to find living relatives in Wales. It takes quite a bit of research, but I've found quite a few people in my distant family in Wales, some in England, the US, and Australia.
@tomservo5347Ай бұрын
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'.
@GenealCymruАй бұрын
Very interesting. I always find Masons really interesting to research. Thanks for sharing!
@charlyc5644Ай бұрын
My surnames are MacLean and Harrington where are they from? 🧐
@charlyc5644Ай бұрын
@@JP-hr7ch thanks 👌
@GenealCymruАй бұрын
I find surnameDB is good for checking on some of the possible origins of surnames.
@thomaseriksen6885Ай бұрын
On second thought, I'm not sure my name is Welsh actually
@rhondamoreau4841Ай бұрын
Wyatt, changed to watt?
@GenealCymruАй бұрын
Here's a quick write-up on some possible origins: www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Wyatt
@onesaltyzombieАй бұрын
My name is Havard
@gwynwilliams4222Ай бұрын
My uncle fred lived in rodney street Swansea 😊
@GenealCymruАй бұрын
Cool! I was looking at some WWI records the other day for my Grampie's great uncle Ernest Bellew, and it looks like just about every young guy from Rodney Street got together one day to enlist in the war. There were SO many of them in the Welsh Regiment.
@user-hx3bc9qp8rАй бұрын
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.