Good Morning friends, Found this in PA-WELSH-EARLY-L@rootsweb.com http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/isearch2 Jerry Bluchp56@aol.com ============================================================= X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:21:00 -0600 From: "Susan Rosine" <S.JAMES.CLARK@prodigy.net> To: PA-WELSH-EARLY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <026b01c239c2$f9d63940$c1cefea9@oemcomputer> Subject: Re: [PA-WELSH-EARLY] Proud of my Welsh ancestors!! Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Annie, Well don't lump me in with the people who don't care about their Welsh ancestry, or about Wales itself! A large portion of ancestors on my father's side is of Welsh descent. Most of them came to Pennsylvania back in the 1600's and 1700's. These are actually my favorite lines to work on!! I also would be interested in traveling to Wales one of these days. I even have a 'Learn Welsh' tape, a Welsh dictionary, and two CDs sung in Welsh! I'm sure there are indeed many more people interested in their Irish background. I think there are lots of people with a recent Irish immigrants, but not as many with recent Welsh immigrants. Thus the "connection" may feel stronger for them. There are actually lots of books that cover the Welsh of early PA. Maybe there's not as much online, but don't worry, the Welsh of early PA have had plenty of research done on them! And many towns in PA still retain their original Welsh names. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cardi2@aol.com> To: <PA-WELSH-EARLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: [PA-WELSH-EARLY] WELSH IN PENAN > Hi: > > When I originally asked if there were any areas in the Welsh Barony/Tract > area of Pennsylvania that still had a Welsh influence, such as houses, > meeting houses, etc., I got a lot of responses, some good and some bad. > > I mentioned in a later email that the North American Welsh newspaper, Ninnau, > often carried stories about different Welsh areas in PA and the USA. Someone > wrote to me and wanted a list of them. I was rather amused because if I had > a list in the beginning, I wouldn't be on this site since I don't have any > Welsh in early-day Pennsylvania (that I know about) My Welsh came to America > in 1638 to Connecticut and during the 1600's to Maryland and Virginia as > well. This is on my mother's side. My father, however, was born in Wales. > > I mentioned the site of Ninnau www.ninnau.com - a newspaper that is published > 11 times a year cost is $20.00 I believe. In the 1 Dec 2001 Ninnau on page > 2, is an article about "The Case of John Roberts" whose home along Mill Creek > Road at Old Guelph Road in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co., PA > apparently still stands. It was built in 1733. The gentleman in question > was the grandson of a Welshman and because of his leanings, was hung during > the Revolution for aiding the wrong side. However, after the war the case > was reviewed and his wife got his pension. > > That was the kind of thing I was trying to explain [ where people had lived,. > My reason for my original email was to see if there were any websites about > the early-day Welsh in Pennsylvania. It's a pity there are not more sites. > Unfortunately, for some reason, the descendants of these Welsh do not seem to > care about their ancestry nor about Wales. I see this so much and I feel > sad about it. The Irish don't have that problem. I know of more Irish > societies but very few Welsh. An Irishman will tell you he's Irish but the > Welsh I meet will say, "well, I have Welsh in the family but I'm more > interested in my German, or my Irish, or my Dutch, or my English, etc., etc." > > Annie