By now, my suspicion is that most folks who are reading and following this blog share a common interest in the destruction of brick walls. Having a surname JONES you can imagine the number and frequency of such adventures. My own tree climbing has provided me many such opportunities which this blog has tried to share. Over the years, a number of readings, references, and resources have accumulated which have been especially helpful...thus "The Three R's". I thought it might be useful to present these items to those who share this common Welsh ancestry. From the Bluegrass of central Kentucky to the Vale of the Dee [ North Wales], my own branches have been connected. Welsh descent...English filter...Virginia colonist...frontier settler...to a Bluegrass landing is roughly the chronology. It is in this order that my collection of "Three R's" will be presented in the next series of posts.
Welsh Descent:
The following text has served me well over the many years of my JONES surname tree climbing. It presents information organized by the Welsh counties giving a history of each and the surnames connected. It is in two volumes.
The first printing was in London, 1872. It was revised and enlarged in 1875, and reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, in 1991. [Where I obtained my copy.]
"Annals and Antiquities of The Counties and County Families of Wales" by Thomas Nicholas.
It has proved to be a reading....a reference...and...a resource since 1991. A certain find to help with those brick walls of Welsh descent.
