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Welcome, Fàilte, Croeso, Fáilte ! . Looking for your ancestors in the UK? Or, you're in the UK and searching for relatives elsewhere in the world? In this forum, we encourage everyone with links in England, Scotland and Wales to communicate and explore a common ancestry. What can you do here? Ask questions Collaborate on your research Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your...
It used to be found information that Prates are descendants of van Praet. According to that, Jàcome van Praet moved from Belgium (Antwerp) to Portugal. Probably because he was from a cadet branch. The King and the Portuguese Court received him very well. It´s said that generations after the family changed the surname to a Portuguese version (Prates) and then António Prates became Senhor de Póv...
World War One: United Kingdom & Ireland The Great War Head Quarters Please link Geni profiles to this project as well as ONLY ONE of the individual projects listed below Object of this exercise To link existing GENi profiles of WW1 personnel (survivors and casualties) to the relevant projects for men and women born in the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This inclu...
Wikipedia The University of South Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.[5] The university is the second largest university in Wales in terms of its student numbers, and offers around 500 undergraduate...
Kings of Ancient Britannia This project will keep track of the kings of ancient Britain, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland beginning with the Roman invasion of Britain in 55 AD to 1066 AD at the coronation of Harold II and beginning of the Middle Ages. Naming Conventions We will use titles in the native language. Cadeyrn Fendigaid ap Gwrtheyrn did not speak English, so he was never once called "Ki...
Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
In 1974, Dr. Peter Bartrum published his ground breaking Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400, in 8 volumes, and in 1983 he published Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500, in a further 18 volumes. His work remains the gold standard in medieval Welsh genealogy, but is practically inaccessible, being out of print and costly. Dr. Bartrum emended his hand typed charts and indices, which constituted the manuscri...
Notables of Welsh background===Before 1200==* Rhodri Mawr 820-878* Llywelyn the Great 1172-1240* Gwladys Ddu 1194-1251==1200-1699==* Cydafael Ynnyd 1212--* Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower) 1349-1415* Dafydd Gam (Davy Gam) 1351-1415* Einion Sais 1380--
Welsh Abroad The purpose of this project is to record the GENi profiles of Welshmen/women who died abroad - the profiles of Welsh born people of significance who either emigrated to various parts of the world and died there, or who died abroad in other circumstances -conflicts, exploration etc. Notable or interesting examples of Englishmen/women who died abroad can be featured below. See also ...
=High Sheriff= No profiles, please; add High Sheriffs to the Shrievality project listed below. If no project exists for the shrievality, it would be much appreciated if you create it, and link to the index list (below), as well as as a "related" project to this "umbrella." ===Description===From Wikipedia retrieved September 2016:A High Sheriff is a ceremonial officer for each shrieval county of...
Welcome to the Jones Ancestors Family surname page. ==Jones is a surname of Medieval English origins, derived from the given name John which in turn is derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan (Johanan). It is especially common in Wales and south central England.[1][2] In Ireland the surname has been Gaelicized as MacSeoin.(Source Wikipedia)All Jones Surname Families.
Conscientious Objectors (COs)==...in Britain during the First World War A conscientious objector (CO) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion. Conscientious objection is usually the refusal to collaborate with military organisations as a combatant in war or in any supportive role.Please ...
If you have an interest in areas of the ====Historic Tree in Wales==== then this is your project.Initially the purpose of the project will be to clear up tangles that have evolved from mass merging but hopefully as we travel we hope to ensure the sources are reliable and the overviews informative and well researched and increasingly this will become the focus of this project.Anyone not familiar...
Families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire See* Visitation of Cheshire 1613 * A History of Altrincham and Bowden * "County families of Lancashire and Cheshire" Links for Genealogy sites will be below the family background. (as the projects develop). There is also another resource created to assist with fact checking for these families called High Sheriff's o...
100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002) 100 Greatest Britons (BBC Poll, 2002) 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history. The series, Great Britons, included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten...
Corps of Royal Engineers - WW1 Including Royal Engineers Signal Services (formed in 1908) - The forerunner of the Royal Corps of Signals ===== Image right BMB Courtesy of British Military Badges - Daniel Baker The Royal Engineers (RE's) has been involved in every major conflict the British Army has fought. Their Motto is "Ubique" ("Everywhere") - awarded in 1832 as the unit has been involv...
This master project or portal will mostly deal with the peoples, tribes and nations of Ancient Britain more or less before the Roman invasion of 55 AD.==Summary====Notables====Peoples, tribes, and nations=====related Geni projects (on right navigation bar)====resources, references and links==
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia
Wales has over 600 castles. According to Wales.com, they have more castles per square mile than any other country in the world. It is possible to visit ancient castles here. Battles were fought with the Celts, the Romans, the Saxons and the Vikings. This project includes a list of castles and profiles will include those who lived there. National Trust The National Trust are responsible for seve...
Wöhl / Woehl family that originated in Oberseebach, Bas-Rhin, France. A good number of them migrated to Welland County, Ontario, Canada and settled. A select number emigrated to Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA.The surname can be seen written in a number of ways depending on where they are using the name. In Oberseebach it was Wöhl and in North America and other places that have issues with ...
Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland ==Main PageThis is the umbrella page fro Historic Buildings of England projects Image Right - Buckingham Palace London ===== Image © Copyright Lewis Clarke and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. Geograph Historic houses can be stately homes, the birthplace of a famous person, or houses with interesting history or architecture.The object...
Welsh women’s petition for peace (1923-1924) ‘A hidden story’: women’s peace petition makes centenary return to Wales. Document signed by almost three-quarters of Welsh women in 1920s arrives in Aberystwyth after transatlantic journey. (6 April 2023) by Steven Morris. There were tears of joy, speeches of hope and sighs of relief that all had gone smoothly after an extraordinary century-old doc...
Aim of this project is to house all the profiles currently on Geni=About the Kingdom of Powys :=*The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality, that emerged during the Dark Ages following the Roman withdrawal from Britain. Based on the Romano-British tribal lands of the Ordovices in the west and the Cornovii in the east, its boundaries originally extended from...
Historic Buildings of Pembrokeshire ==Wales Image right - Pembroke CastleSee Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page See Table of Welsh Place names (Table listing where places are in Current [Post 1974/1996] Welsh Counties/Historic Counties
This project deals with the Ancient Silurians of Cornwall, England, and Wales.==Summary====Ethnology====Notables====references, resources and links==*