In a message dated 10/13/03 2:56:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, brucepbarrett@adelphia.net writes: Hello Bruce: Yes, there is quite a difference between Tennessee and Patrick County, VA. I'm curious Buckner is not Welsh in origin. Could it be a maiden name of a wife? > Annie, > Thanks for the comments. I did make one mistake in that I had the son of > Benjamin and Polly being born in Tenn when in fact he was born near > Richmond, Virginia where both Benjamin his wife and Buckner were living. > The son Willaim moved to Patrick County, Virginia where he married twice and > had four children. I have access to ancestry.com which I searched along > with Google searches for all of the known names. I also checked the names > in FreeBMD, all Family Search databases and ISG Passenger Lists. > As I stated in my original message the Welsh connection is a family legend > that one of my aunts documented in one of several books she wrote. She also > noted that Buckner bought a horse and trappings and rode toward Kentucky. > He was never heard from. I have asked my cousin to look for her mothers > original notes to see if she can determine the source. ] ]Good luck, Annie > > >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. > > I have to disagree with your logic in the above statement. There is a > possibility that someone may see the query and recoginize some of the > information especially with uncommon names. I hope that you are right. I looked at Familysearch.org and there were 88 entries on Israel. I wonder what the original name was? I would think this was a patronymic name. They may be able to provide > bits of information that would allow research to continue. If I knew the > dates and places I would order films from the FHC. Have you done research in Patrick County, VA? Have y ou been to the State Library at Richmond. You should go. They have a wonderful array of information. You can probably obtain some of it on the internet. I have friends who have been there and tell me that only about 1/6th of their collections are on the internet. They found things they never believ ed on a Virginia family. > > I realize that you have to know approximate dates and places in the UK to > continue systematic research. > > Thanks again. > > Bruce P. Barrett > brucepbarrett@adelphia.net > Heath, OH USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cardi2@aol.com> > To: <WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:47 PM > Subject: [WLS-CGN] Welsh Immigration into the USA > > > >