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Title: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: sjdavid on Friday 02 November 07 20:08 GMT (UK)
My family claim to have romany gypsy links, they tell the story of my gg grandfather marrying into a into a gypsie family. William Bryant married Elizabeth Gibbings from Barnstaple, North Devon in 1882. It is Elizabeth that the family beleave is from a Romany Gypsy family, is there any way to prove this?.
All that I have found indicates that there is no links to a gypsy line, the only thing that I can see is that the family worked in trades or occupations more associated with gypsies, that of chimney sweeps, hawkers etc.

     
Title: Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: An65 on Friday 02 November 07 21:19 GMT (UK)
Suggest you try this website which may have info on yr family cos she tends to deal with the southerly gypsy families:

http://www.romanygenes.webeden.co.uk/

http://old-sweeps-index.tripod.com/yeolde.htm

Good luck
Title: Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: sjdavid on Friday 02 November 07 21:51 GMT (UK)
thank you

regards
steve
Title: Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: rebekahm28 on Thursday 24 January 08 20:52 GMT (UK)
Post on romany roots too. (Google it, its a Kent based site but folki from everywhere go on it). Romany Road is also good.
Title: Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: TINA67 on Thursday 31 January 08 15:37 GMT (UK)
Hi, try this site ;

   www.romanygenes.webeden.co.uk

I know it has already been added but it has a link to Romanygenes2 now, as it is getting so big.

It has everything from census entries, photos, Links and so much more.

Tina
Title: Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
Post by: sjdavid on Friday 01 February 08 08:39 GMT (UK)
Hi Tina - Thanks for the information

regards
Steve