Joseph Wintle married Elizabeth Hooper 1726 Longhope (General)

by bsmjones , Monday, March 25, 2013, 16:06 (4266 days ago) @ acpapb

I'm new at Welsh genealogy, so I have more questions than answers, but I wouldn't trust guessing as the first 2 are two close in birth years to trust the censuses to have the birth years right. Do Welsh marriage records give names of parents? (I'm spoiled by all the Scottish research I've done- they give parents names/maiden names of mothers etc on marriage and birth, death too.) Also, the naming of the children could tell you something: is the first son named after the father's father? Does this happen in Welsh naming, as in Scotland? It's too easy to buy into the wrong family! One thing you can do is check censuses, progressive- more than one to look for the name to appear. Pre-census years! Help- that's hard, but you might find a parent living with the married couple as they age.