Sandy, Think it must have been very easy to "cross the water" as the sister of my VINE great great grandmother, born Bristol, moved to Swansea after marrying GUNNINGHAM (also from Bristol). What was your great grandmother's name? Regards, Maggie Formerly OzDais/Halfajigsaw/Charnwood06@aol.com http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/l/Margaret-A-Silver/ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:31:44 -0500 From: "Sandy Gianni" <slgianni@newkenmore.com> Subject: [B&S] newbie here To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <5417427EB75D49D09B2ED0CEFB2B1B12@Sandysdell> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi, I always heard from family that my great grandmother was Welsh, but as I research, I see that she was born in Bristol. Is it just that people self-identify with their heritage? I see that Wales is very close I've been wondering where to ask this question and am so glad to have found this list. I can give details later but just wanted to post this more general question. Sandy Sheldon Gianni Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, USA