Help with family tree?

Question

I have recently started tracing my family tree but have unfortunately only got as far as my great grandparents. As my family were originally form Wales I am finding it hard to trace them. I have the information if anyone would like it. My Great Grandparents names were Thomas Baughan and Martha Davies(maiden name), before they married. I will add extra info if it is needed.

Finally, do you know any good welsh ancestor sites which are free, I have tried many but had no luck.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Kirst, Have you tried the Free BMD site to find your Gt Grandparents marriage ? We would need to know roughly the year of the marriage and some idea of the place. The marriage certificate should give you the names of the fathers of Thomas and Martha, the ages of Thomas & Martha and also what Thomas did ~ but you may already know these things :-) Tony

Answer 2

If you were to join up to Ancestry.co.uk you will find straight away your GGrandparents pop up at you. Ancestry.co.uk usually let you have a free period before charging you. If you phone them you can sign up to pay on a monthly basis,as and when you want to do research, they are quite amenable.It is very reasonable too, under £10 p.m.

I have found your GGrandparents marriage

Name: Thomas A Baughan
Spouse: Davies
Marriage: Sep 1913 - Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan


Birth of:Name: Thomas F Baughan
Birth: Mar 1914 - Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan


You could also order the marriage certificate which would give you some dates of birth, and also some more names to go on, as there would have been up to 4 witnesses to Thomas and Martha signing the register.

I have looked up Martha Davies, and there are so many ladies of that name your best bet is the marriage cert, as that will also give an exact date of birth etc.

Good Luck

Answer 3

I'm originally from South Wales and have traced my family tre back to 1783 so far.

I did most of the work before I had a computer and found it more interesting that way.

If you get the certificates as previously mentioned that's a good start.

I then went back through the census records as far as I could.

Once you have found the last known address through the census records (NOy having a computer then) it was a matter of church records.

I started searching the local churches, only to find that all the original curch records are kept in The National Library of Wales which is in Aberystwyth, so thats where I got last time I picked up my tree.

Answer 4

www.ancestry.com
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983:

Name: Thomas A Baughan
Year of Registration: 1913
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's Surname: Davies
DISTRICT: Pontypridd
County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 1422

This is all I could find--on 4 sites I looked at.

Answer 5

This is something I paste now and again. It is written for Americans, so adjust the wars or the sides.

Consider this:

IF (big IF) you are now 16 and the result of a long line of teen-aged lovers:
You were born 16 years ago, in 1991;
Your father was born 16 years before that, in 1975;
Your grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1959;
Your great grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1943.

IF (Another big IF) you are now 80 and the result of a long line of men who had a child by their second wife when they were 60:
You were born 80 years ago, in 1927;
Your father was born 60 years before that, in 1867;
Your grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1807;
Your great grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1747.

The Great-Grandfather born in 1943 could have been a 26-year old soldier in Viet Nam in 1969. When he got home in 1970 he might have gone to a disco in a powder-blue double-knit polyester leisure suit.

The Great-Grandfather born in 1747 could have been a 29-year old soldier serving under George Washington in the American Revolution in 1776. When he got home in 1781, he might have danced a reel at a barn dance, in a pair of silk knee breeches and shoes with silver buckles.

Both examples are extreme, both are physically possible, both show why a birth year or even a birth decade help more than the phrase "my (great) grandfather".

Answer 6

Try "genes reunited". It costs around £7.00 a year. If you want to access records its extra.
BUT if you build your family tree on the site you find relatives you didn't know existed! You get connected to other people researching the same family trees!
I have found a lot of family this way and have found out details about family members that you wouldn't be able to find in records.

Answer 7

My ancestry in part is from South Wales, The first two web site links I have given you will help you locate ancestress, once you have hit the 1881 census use the lost cousin web site, it will help you locate long lost cousins who are also working on your tree.

Good luck and good hunting

PS MSN have sites for both Wales in general and Cardiff in particular, just a thought

Answer 8

I don't have anything on your family specifically, but it did call to mind a family that I'd seen before. In that family, "Baughn" had come from "Vaughn," so you might consider looking for that variation.

Good luck with your research!

Answer 9

http://www.familysearch.org/

try there I found a bunch of "Thomas Baughan" s

here a page with a lot of genealogy links
http://www.sardallas.org/GENEALOGYSITES.htm