@GenealCymru

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Genealogist specialising in Welsh research & building historical/cultural context.
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GenealCymruNov 7, 2024
A bit #Genealogy disappointed. I have a book that says Rev. Moses Davis of Tarling, Essex, who died in 1765 was "a cousin of my wife." The author's wife is my 8x great grandma's sister. I was working on it today for a presentation & I realised that it only says that in the 1885 copy. The original copy from 1776 doesn't say that (at least not in that section). Turns out that the 1885 copy was edited by Rev. B. Davies, who "made many additions." Sigh. Now I'm unsure what's true. :(
GenealCymruNov 7, 2024
The FindMyPast free weekend has begun. Time to grab all the 1921 Censues for my ancestors! #Genealogy
GenealCymruNov 5, 2024
Today my mum asked why my Grampie was Anglican if so many of our ancestors were non/conformists (i.e., Wesleyan methodists, Unitarians, Calvinistic Methodists, Baptists, Independents). I thought maybe religion just wasn't that important to him & his parents cause my Grandma said she never went to church when she lived with them. So I asked my Grandma, & she said when he signed up for the Navy, he said he didn't have any religion, so they just put him down as Anglican. Interesting. #Genealogy
GenealCymruNov 1, 2024
I thought that I had found a new Timothy to research for my Timothy First Name Study. I was all excited, 'til now, when I realise I've already researched his great & great great grandparents for a different project. I was hoping he'd lead me to new lines that would maybe go past the 1790s. But cool to see that he married into my Walters' family & his wife's 2x grandfather's sister's father-in-law was friends with his great grandmother's brother. #Genealogy
GenealCymruOct 29, 2024
With the end of the free FMP newspapers weekend, I was able to do an exhaustive search for "Pentrebrain" farm, where my 5x grandma's brother's descendants lived & I searched for a bunch of descendants of my 7x grandma's brother. Found all kinds of new 20th C. people & some who left Cardiganshire for London, which is always hard to trace. Some lines that ended in 1911 now go into the 1950s. So that was lots of fun. #Genealogy
GenealCymruOct 26, 2024
I way overdid the FMP free newspapers yesterday & now I never want to see an agricultural society meeting article ever again. #Genealogy
GenealCymruOct 25, 2024
I'm 21 articles into the FindMyPast free newspapers database weekend and I just found my distant relative John Owen Davies letting a farm called "Cwmil" in 1939. I immediately recognized the farm from my research on his mother's family (who I'm not related to). Her family owned Cwmil at LEAST as far back as 1742 when John's 3x great grandfather mentioned it in his will. This is why I don't believe in rabbit holes, because it's all relevant. Very cool. #Genealogy
GenealCymruOct 24, 2024
A great quote about someone I research, David Jenkin Rees. He was the founder of Unitarianism, which was viewed as a heresy, in Cardiganshire, & he was very smart & charismatic. Someone once said, "D. J. Rees is here, have you seen him? Beware of that man, he is enough to spoil a whole parish." #Genealogy
Show threadGenealCymruOct 20, 2024
My newspaper search has uncovered the story of one of my 5x grandma's great great nephew's death: he went to school at the neighbouring parish chapel & normally ate lunch at a house called Taibach. A couple of people there had diptheria & he caught it while he was there. They quarantined him at home so that none of the other children would catch it. The other children were safe, but he died a week later at just 7 years old. He was their 2nd son named James to not make it to adulthood. #Genealogy
GenealCymruOct 19, 2024
Among the descendants of my 5x grandma's brother, David Walters (1798–1865), only 5 of 22 ever married. There were only 5 great great grandchildren (who aren't included in that 22) who were all siblings. Most of their descendants passed away before the age of 21. Her other brother, Watkin (1803–1876), was similar: they lost most of their children & only 3 of their daughters ever married and had no children, so there were never any grandchildren. #Genealogy