Thanks, Jeff.
Anyone else have some tips or useful websites? Please post them!
Lynne
Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman(a)ntlworld.com>: wrote:
Of course many Welsh newspapers online are FREE at the Welsh Newspapers Online site
http://newspapers.library.wales/
There is an index to items appearing in the Swansea local newspaper, the
'Cambrian' at
https://www.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian
In most parts of Wales the patronymic naming system had finjshed by about 1800, though
some families were reported with variants of the same surname in successive censuses,
particularly 1841 to 1861. DAVID/DAVIES; MORGAN/MORGANS; JENKIN/JENKINS
The place of birth is only shown in censuses from 1851 onwards. In 1841 it only shows
whether the person had been born in the county they were then living in, or not. Also note
that 1841 census normally shows the ages of adults rounded down to the nearest 5 years, so
someone shown as age 40 might be up to 44.
Jeff