Welsh ancestors - Pugh and Pierce

[cbcarolyn]

Many moons ago, I started DH maternal line, tbh he showed little interest and so did his mother! I persevered for a while and then started to realise that Pugh (in St Asaph) is as bad as Jones when it comes to Wales. I think I ought to revisit it now that I have time, and just wondering if anyone had any great tips for Wales?

I know that Elaine has referred to the welsh newspapers so this is on my list, something I have not looked at before. I know it is a bit of a how long is a piece of string!

[kylejustin]

Fmp has the welsh parish registers.

[cbcarolyn]

Good thinking, I don’t think I have checked them. Thank you

[Sylvia C]

Carolyn .............. I have a similar problem with OH. His mother was Welsh and tracing that side has been a nightmare. M-i-l put together a bit of a table, the son of one of her cousins did a very deep history getting back to the 13th century back in the 1980s, and OH has memories.

I have the greatest trouble matching anything I find with what they have written or remember.

I thought I might be able to trust what the son of a cousin had produced because he was, and still is, a trained well-respected researcher in another subject. I couldn't even get my m-i-l's generation to match with what he had ................ I have certificates and records of parish records which I think prove me right.

Now can I trust back to the 13th century???

To add to my discomfort with his work ................. I had to prove to him that I was a serious researcher who knew what I was doing. It took 2 years to get him to send the many pages over here.

[cbcarolyn]

interesting, Pauls Mum seemed to know very little and one of the things she seemed confident on was that she had an Aunty Ginny that was in the US, and I never never found her.