was elvis welsh: how to begin tracing your family history
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Whether you are famous or not there are basic concepts to follow that will help you be a successful researcher.TRANSCRIPT
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Was Elvis Welsh?
How to Begin Tracing your Family History
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A few tips to start with
1. Talk to living relatives
2. Find out what others have discovered
3. Work from the known to the unknown
4. Kill off your ancestor
5. Keep track of what you search and the results
6. Ask for help
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Google Your Family History
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Wikipedia• Early years (1935–53) Childhood in Tupelo
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to 18-year-old Vernon Elvis and 22-year-old Gladys Love Presley.[5] In the two-room shotgun house built by his father in readiness for the birth, Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered 35 minutes before him, stillborn. As an only child, Presley became close to both parents and formed an unusually tight bond with his mother. The family attended an Assembly of God church.[6]
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Wikipedia
Presley's ancestry was primarily a Western European mix: On his mother's side, he was Scots-Irish, with some French Norman; one of Gladys's great-great-grandmothers was Cherokee.[7]b His father's forebears were of Scottish[8] or German[9] origin. Gladys was regarded by relatives and friends as the dominant member of the small family.
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Based on surname evidence what are the chances of a connection?
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Four Generations of Presley Ancestors
Paternal Side
• Presley
• Wesson
• Warren
• Davis
• Hood
Maternal Side
• Mansell
• Gilmore
• Smith
• Tackett
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Four Generations of Presley Ancestors
Paternal Side
• Presley
• Wesson
• Warren
• Davis
• Hood
Maternal Side
• Mansell
• Gilmore
• Smith
• Tackett
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ORIGINAL RECORDS
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Typical Records
• US Census 1790-1930 (1940 available 2012)• Vital records: birth, marriage and death• Obituaries• Cemetery records• Taxation• Land and property• Military• Probate
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Vernon & Minnie M. Presley 1920
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Although the father’s name does not seem to match consider the other evidence
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Although the parents of Jesse & Minnie are not present we get their birthplaces
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It is critical to note the source information
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Details requested and reported change so find your family in each census
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Online Family History Sources
• FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ largest free collection of records & help
• Google http://www.google.com/ another free resource with loads of recent info
• Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/ Fee based site, excellent census records & index, use it for free at a FamilySearch center
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There is more than the main search to this site!
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Elvis Presley’s Ancestors
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Another way to display ancestry
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Use a research log & add notes
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Use a research log & add notes
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Use a research log & add notes
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Use a research log & add notes
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To be successful in tracing a family history
• Ask for help.
• Work from the known to unknown.
• Keep track of searches you do.
• Document the source of information found so
you can retrace your steps.
• Share what you find with others.
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Conclusion
• Internet searches, so far, provide nothing that links directly to a Presely family connection with Wales
• Surname evidence shows that three of nine surnames in the Presley four generation pedigree were present in Wales
• More research and documentation is needed
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Just one more question…