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From: <slo_taft(a)juno.com>
To: <GLAMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday 03 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Welsh Emigration to US
Jane, Ducan and others who expressed interest,
This may not be the *definitive* book, but it certainly gives a close
picture of what my ancestors transition was like from Wales to Trumbull
County, OH - bordering the coalfields of Pennsylvania. My grandfather's
first job was hauling ashes at the age of 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Many
US mines actually advertised in Welsh newspapers for miners and the draw
was that "at some point in time," you could own your own land. After
the Enclosures of Land when many Welsh people were forced to emigrate
overseas or move to such rapidly-growing industrial districts around
Merthyr or into its adjoining valleys, overseas looked
like a pretty good deal, I'm sure.
So here it is-
Available at:
www.barnesandnoble.com
Wales in America: Scranton and the Welsh, 1860-1920
William D. Jones
Format: Paperback, 280pp.
ISBN: 0708313876
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Pub. Date: January 2000
(Note: this is the 2000 edition and is published by
University of
Wales Press)
Whereas the older American edition is available
at:
www.amazon.co.uk
Wales in America: Scranton & the Welsh, 1860-1920
William D. Jones
US List Price: $25.00
Our Price: £17.30
Availability: On Order; is usually dispatched
within 1-2 weeks.
Paperback (January 1996)
University of Scranton Press; ISBN: 094086665X
Synopsis from Barnes and Noble's website:
A study of the immigration of around 80,000 Welsh to
the northeast Pennsylvania coalfields between 1860 and 1920. Since the
center of this inflow was the city of Scranton, Jones examines its
cultural life, its literary and musical societies, ethnic foods and
religion. Also included are such aspects of popular culture as insobriety
and sports. Using their publications, he analyzes the self image of these
immigrants and their relation with other ethnic groups. Also examined is
the anthracite industry itself, since this is what drew these thousands
of skilled Welsh miners and dominated their work and the cities in which
they lived. Jones notes the way these Welsh were rapidly Americanized
while at the same time preserving their culture and their ties to Wales.
I think this will give you a good start. Let me know what you think.
You might also want to take a look at the USGenWeb Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/index.htm
This will provide many useful links for all states as each State and
County Family History Society will have many more localized historical
commentary and biographies.
Best wishes in your continued endeavors.
Dawn Perry-Taft
Central Coast of California
e-mail: slo_taft(a)juno.com
CALLEN/ CALLIN in Llangattock& Llangynidr, BRE &
Beaufort & Aberystruth, MON prior to 1813 (anybody, anybody???)
CHARLES in New York, USA
DANDO in Wales
DAVIES/DAVIS in Ebbw Vale, MON & Eardsley, HFD,
DAVIES in NYC, New York, USA
MAGGS in Abergavenny, MON,
MILLER in Machen, GLA
MORRIS in Machen, GLA
PARRY in Trumbull and Mahoning, OH, USA
SMITH, Thomas descendants Yarkhill, Ledbury, HFD
WILLIAM in Machen, GLA
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