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Welsh family history research interests

Both our maternal and paternal lines have ancestry in Wales. This is known to us only through DNA testing, on the order of 10%+/–. We do not have any knowledge of recent connections to that country. Hopefully, this will become more apparent as research continues.

One potential connection in the Welsh family history research interests department might be present in Ireland: the Jones family of north Armagh. The Joneses migrated to Ireland likely during or shortly after the Plantation of Ulster, 1609ff. However, this family might well have migrated from somewhere in England.

The Jones surname has been posted to the Irish family history research interests page, for reference to further information.

If you have a family history connection to the Jones family who emigrated to north Armagh probably before 1661, or to any other family lines out of Wales that lead back to us via genetic genealogy, please consider getting in touch via the contact page.

Southall's 1891 census map of Wales. — Southall, J.E. *Map of Wales showing Welsh language distribution according to census districts in five categories (from under 10% to over 80%)*. Cymraeg: *Map o Gymru yn dangos dosbarthiad defnydd yr iaith Cymraeg yn ôl ardal mewn pum categori (o dan 10% i dros 80%)*. Data o’r Cyfrifiad 1891. Image held by the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. Online at Wikimedia Commons *commons.wikimedia.org/wiki* (accessed 2nd Oct. 2023).

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Source citation for this page: — Kilpatrick, Alison. “Welsh family history research interests.” Index page published to Arborealis, online at arborealis.ca/family-history/welsh/, accessed [insert date].

Updated 28th Dec. 2023.

Yr Ogof, Cromlech in North Wales. From, Illustrations for proposed History of Medicine in Wales. Digital image held by the Wellcome Collection

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Gazetteer of WALES

General Description [1872]: — WALES, a principality, adjoining the W of England. It was formerly more extensive than now; it included, besides its present area, all of what is now Monmouthshire, and considerable portions of what are now Herefordshire, Salop, and Cheshire; and it now comprises the counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Merioneth, Denbigh, Flint, and Montgomery, forming North Wales, and the counties of Cardigan, Radnor, Brecon, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, forming South Wales. It is bounded, on the N, by the Irish sea and the estuary of the Dee; on the E, by Cheshire, Salop, Herefordshire, and Monmouthshire; on the S, by Bristol channel; on the W, by St. George’s channel. Its length from N to S, is 136 miles; its breadth varies from 37 to 92 miles; its circuit is about 540 miles,-of which 390 are coast; and its area is 2,003,297 acres in North Wales and 2,731,189 in South Wales, or altogether 4,734,486 acres. The surface, in a general view, is imposingly mountainous in the N, grandly hilly in the S; aggregately a land of soaring heights and magnificent acclivities,-of limited plains, narrow vales, and gorgy ravines,—of endlessly diversified uplands, with interesting pieces of lowland, rich in the ornature of river, lake, and wood. Continue reading. — Source: Wilson, John Marius. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Vol. VI. Edinburgh, &c.: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870–72. Transcript by Alison Kilpatrick, 1st Oct. 2023.

Updated 1st Jan. 2024.