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The 1911 Welsh census

Genealogy

You've stumbled on one of the other difficulties - actually tracing where the registration records are kept, especially in the Valleys area! At least your grandfather wasn't a John Jones - if he was, I'm sure you'll still be searching!Do you know if his ancestors moved into the South Wales Valleys from elsewhere in Wales?

The 1911 Welsh census

Genealogy

Yes, pre-mid nineteenth century research can be very difficult in Wales. The further back in time you go, the fewer the documents you have to cross-reference and the difficulties can be compounded by many families still using the patronymic naming system, even as late as the mid-nineteenth cent (on top of the perennial problem of common surnames, nonconformity and lack of surviving documents, families moving home every couple of years etc etc......). But it's not all bad news and some brick walls can, in many cases, be overcome.Which part of Wales were your ancestors from?

The 1911 Welsh census

Genealogy

I thought you'd like to seethe attached article, written by me in response to the publication of the 1911Welsh census.

Many references to genealogical sources in Wales are usually based around themindset For Wales, see England. True, Wales has broadly followed the samemodel as England as far as official documents are concerned. However, thatmindset tends to disregard any particular Welsh issues that influence thecontent of historical documents. From years of helping people trace theirancestry in Wales I know that that mindset and can (and has) led the unwary upthe garden path only to crash straight into a brick wall during their research.

The publication of the 1911 census and its associated forms completed in Welsh,at last tells the world that family history research in Wales has distinctissues that need to be borne in mind while researching Welsh ancestry. Thisarticle outlines just some of these issues.

I'm currently working on another article which highlights problems associatedwith researching Welsh surnames and some of the myths involved. I'll post ithere when it's ready or you can read it soon on my website.
updated by @eilir-ann-daniels: 11/11/15 10:37:30PM

Jobs and Occupations

Welsh History

Hello DavidHave you seen this website, the Kidwelly Industrial Museum, which has a description of processes, including cold rolls: http://www.kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk/tinplate.asp The development of Kidwelly and Llanelli's tin works went hand in hand, so the process would have been pretty similar. I think this museum is very much a project in development.Just a few miles down the road you have the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales' national museum of industry, which has a tinplate rolling mill: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea/transport-materials-and-networks/ These museums (or even the West Glamorgan or Carmarthenshire Archives Service) may be able to recommend some relevant books. They may have some hand-outs/leaflets for sale etc.If you go to the National Library's Gathering the Jewels website ( http://www.gtj.org.uk/ ) and make a search 'tinplate, tinworks, llanelli' or something similar, you should get a plethora of images of tinworks in the Llanelli area which will help give you a flavour of what it was like there. Sometimes this website has scanned images of diaries/log books which could include some of the information you're after.Hope this helps.Eilir