Questions tagged [wales]
For questions about ancestors and records in Wales. Also tag the county if the question is specific to that county.
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1680s-1750s England/Wales inheritance of estates through female line
Is there a general rule in this period for inheriting an estate, viz:-
If the female heir is still alive, does she inherit, jointly with her husband, who would be controlling the estate?
If the ...
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Clarification about men being Munition Workers (on Birth Certificate)
I am intrigued by this occupation on a birth certificate from 1918 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire:
Munitions Worker
According to this article it implies such a role would be performed by women.
Can ...
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1921 Census and noting name different in Ancestry
I use Ancestry for my family tree and consistently for all women I have then with their maiden surname.
I have a case where on her birth certificate it was:
Fanny Priscilla Selby
On the 1921 census ...
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Locating Welsh 1939 Register information that is referred to in "See INSTRUCTIONS" column
How can I locate the information this Welsh 1939 Register entry refers to for Esme Harris?
I acquired the scanned document when I had a subscription with Ancestry. I now notice that in the See ...
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Finding more information about Brecon Arms pub and when specific individuals had occupancy as landlords
The Great-Grandparents of my wife were landlords of "The Brecon Arms" in Llanelli, Wales.
I know this for two reasons:
I heard this information first hand from another elderly relative, ...
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How can we find a record that we see on Ancestry on another website?
Here is background for me asking this question ...
I have located a Baptism Entry using Ancestry:
Name: Austin Harries
Birth: 1914
Baptism Date: 2 Sept 1914
This is what I see when using Ancestry on ...
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Locating a birth record for Mary Harris circa November 1919
The story with Mary Harris started out with my research for Alexander Campbell Harris records in Wales.
Eventually I located a burial entry for Alexander at Llanelli Cemetery and they kindly provided ...
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Finding records for founding of printing firm of Messrs. Hughes and Son, Ltd. at Becon, Wales around 1802
A Roger_Heron shared the image (needs subscription to view) that the picture below is cut from on 16 Jan 2020 at Ancestry.com:
The text in the picture is (with my bolding):
The printing firm of ...
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Finding records of professional athlete and trainer who married 1911 at Cardiff, Wales?
I have a marriage certificate for my wife's great Grandfather.
According to the certificate, he was born about 1885. He signed it as "Alexander Campbell Harris". He stated that his father ...
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How long might a couple have 'courted' and been engaged in mid-nineteenth century Wales?
What might the 'courting' and engagement period have been for a young couple in mid-nineteenth century Merthyr Tydfil. Their ages were both recorded as 21 at their marriage in the Register Office (...
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Seeking 1880 Birth Record of Santa Catherine Gazzanovich at Brecon, Wales?
My Grandmothers sister was Mary Evans,born Merthyr Tydfil 1856. On the 5th may 1875 in Cardiff she married Nicoli Gazzanovich.
Their daughter Santa Catherine Gazzanovich was born in 1880 according ...
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What does 'for the ferm' (or possibly 'farm' or possibly 'feren') mean in Welsh Land Tax records?
I'm transcribing the Land Tax records (circa 1796-1831) for a set of contiguous parishes in Pembrokeshire (all North of the admittedly mobile "Landsker" line.)
Most of them have amounts 'for the ...
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Interpreting a phrase in a Banns record from 1825 Pembrokeshire
I have an (extraordinarily helpful) banns record from Llanfair Nant Y Gof in Pembrokeshire in 1825, transcribed as follows:
(Page 2) The year 1825 & 1826
[No. 3] Banns of Marriage between ...
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Where did this baptism take place?
I'm looking at the record of the birth and baptism of the brother of one of my ancestors (William Prichard) and trying to determine where the baptism took place. (Note: I can read the record; it's the ...
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Wrong ages in England and Wales Census
I'm currently in the process of researching my Great Great Grandfather Ivan Williams, along with his mother, Mary Williams on ancestry.
I found on the 1901 Census that Mary was aged 82 and that Ivan ...
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