Hi JoLynn Patronymics disappeared over a fairly long period, with the gentry tending to adopt surnames first, and tenant farmers among thse who hung on to their patronymics longest. One way to get an idea of whether patronymics were still in use is to look through the baptism register for fathers who appear to have a middle name. These were uncommon among ordinary folk before the mid-nineteenth century. So Morgan James William, whose child was born in 1797, was almost certainly using a patronymic. I have had a quick look through Llangyfelach baptisms from the booklet produced by Glamorgan FHS. Part 3, which arranges the information by father's first name (up to 1812) is the most useful part. I found plentiful examples in the 1750s and 60s, but only a handful by the 1790s, and none after 1800. Hope this helps Anna At 17:04 23/09/2013, Jeff & Jolynn Barneck wrote: >I'm wondering if there is any timeline for when the use of >patronymics came to an end in and around Llangyfelach. We are >looking at records in the 1700's and even into the early 1800's. > >Also I wrote an early email asking if there was any way to track the >movement of teachers in the late 1800's and early 1900's, >specifically in the counties of Glamorgan, Pembroke, and >Carmarthen. I haven't had any reply so I'm asking again. > >Thanks for any help about these two things you can give me. > >JoLynn Barneck >-- > >To send to the list send to [email protected] >GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html >- >This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ >- >A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, >may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > >- >The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and >http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message