In a message dated 10/13/03 10:58:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Hi Bruce: I am answering you online because there are probably lots of other researchers out there with similar problems in finding the immigrant. First of all before you ever try to go back to the homeland, you MUST have your immigrant. You must know when he came to the USA and the area where he first settled. You state you have your ancestor in Tennessee in 1815. What area of Tennessee? Have you searched that area of Tennessee? Have you looked at the following records: censuses, tax records, marriage records, land and property, wills and probates, a county or state history, and military records. Was your ancestor in the War of 1812 (Second War for American Independence)? If you don't know, check the NARA (National Archivves). If you haven't looked at any of the above records, find your nearest Family History Center and go in and ask for help. There is also a Welsh Society in Knoxville. You can find the website by doing a Google/Yahoo search. I do not think that your ancestor in Tennessee in 1815 is the immigrant. He';s probably a descendant of an immigrant. The mother state of Tennessee was North Carolina. There was a Welsh settlement in North Carolina in Dublin County, not far from Wilmington. However, it doesn't mean that he came from there. There are three major points that you need in order to find your Welsh immigrant. They are: 1. Name of the immigrant 2. A date (birth, residence, marriage, death, etc.) 3. A place which means parish or town and county. Unless you can answer all three questions, don't ever try to do research in Wales or for that matter, anywhere else. You are not ready to do Welsh research yet. I don't believe you know what to do so you think that "I can just jump from the USA to Wales and all my problems will be over and I will find the immigrant." Genealogy doesn't work that way. You have to "go from what you do know what you don't know." You cannot skip a generation. You cannot have a gap of 50 years in a family. Keep looking and don't give up. Good luck, Annie > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:11:53 -0400 > From: "Bruce P Barrett" <brucepbarrett@adelphia.net> > > > Hi, > I am looking for surname ISRAEL. Family legend is that two brothers came to > America from Wales. Don't know where but seems that Benjamin and Buckner > along with Benjamins wife Polly migrated in the late 1700s or early 1800s. > They had a son born in Tennessee about 1815. Two known brothers Amos and > Mose(s) stayed in Wales. Would appreciate any information. > Thanks > > Bruce P. Barrett > brucepbarrett@adelphia.net > Heath, OH USA > > ______________________________ > >