I am searching for my ancestors back to Wales and Ireland. My Grandmother told me that I am Scotch/Irish and Welsh. I have the Blair family name back to South Carolina in 1766 and I know that they were Irish/Scotch. The Thomas' were from Wales I believe. I would be appreciative of any information you could provide or sources, org's I might try. Several years ago I went to Wales (Pembroke) with some friends that had found a man that was in real estate with my same name, Guy Thomas. I spent 2 hours talking to him about Welsh history and my name Guy, which he said came from the French/Norman invasion. He was very accommodating. I came back to the US with hopes of finding my roots. My grandmother that was a Blair told me that I was Scotch/Irish (Blair) and Welsh (Thomas). I have now gotten the Blair's back to Ireland in 1750 but not sure where, as I have found where they came as emigrants to SC in 1766 to receive bounty land. I have the Thomas bunch on the census for 1790 and a land transaction in Edgefield Dist. SC, 1795. But that is where it ends. > Thanking you in advance for any help you might provide. I have found out that there were a lot of Welsh people that worked on the railroad. Also my GGGrandfather was in the civil war so it makes for a good history. > Seeking information on Jeremiah Thomas, place of Birth and parents. Through a lease Jeremiah Thomas of the state of GA, planter, was present in Edgefield County, 96 Dist, SC in Oct 1795. Sold land granted to him in Oct 1794 on Little Steven's Creek and waters of the Savannah River. His name appears on the SC 1800 census. I believe he had at least two sons, Joshua, b 1799 and Jeremiah 1800 something. Joshua was my GGGrandfather. My GGrandfather was William A. Thomas born in Green Cty, AL in 1829 and Grandfather was Charles William Thomas b Scooba, Kemper Cty, MS, in 3-10-1863 where he married Sallie Frances Blair in 1890 and moved to Houston, TX where he worked for the Southern Pacific RR. Joshua and Jeremiah were present in Scooba, Kemper Cty, MS, in the mid/late 1800s. Joshua at age 71 married to a Narcissa with a son David on the 1870 census. I have these Thomas's in Texas to date. There was a Josiah Thomas at the Red Bank Baptist church on the little Saluda River in Edgefield Dist before 1792. He was on the 1790 census for Edgefield Dist, SC. Thought these names might be of the same family somehow. The Blair's and the Thomas families traveled together from SC to AL to MS. Guy H. Thomas