Needless to say, Welsh tree climbing can be as difficult as JONES surname tree climbing. Connecting the ends to the middle can be quite an undertaking. First you have to have a sense of both ends, and then some sense of how to piece these ends together! The two previous posts list several references which have helped me get one end of the branch. [The Welsh Branch!] This post list the research that has helped me get the other side of this branch. [The American Side!]
There are three foundations of this genealogy. Documentation, documentation, and documentation. No way around the brick walls. Some 52 years of doing this genealogy has left me many, many, many, references. My personal research has involved many sources and materials. They started as piles and piles of notes, pictures, tables, charts, graphs, records, etc...etc..., and when ever I want to find a certain documentation, I often failed to uncover its location among my stacks. Thus began my notebooks. They helped me organize my research into a specific, locatable source. I place a subject title, and number on each notebook so that I could at least put my finger on a reference or research topic if needed. Over the years I now have more than 250 notebooks!
I thought it would be helpful to at least outline these notebook topics, and give some idea of their content. When I give the documentation of my Welsh Family Tree, the research/references can be found in these notebooks. A blog called The Jones Genealogist Research Notebooks has been started. [http://tjgresearchnotebooks.blogspot.com] It can be used to give the genealogist an idea of the sources used during my own JONES tree climbing. It can also be searched by topic using "search this blog" indicator along the top right of the blog site. The notebooks are physically located in my personal research library, The Joseph Wheeler Jones Memorial Library, Danville, KY. They are available for use if arrangements are made. Please come for a visit.
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