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Some Special Interests => Travelling People => Topic started by: erinnnnx on Saturday 02 December 17 21:39 GMT (UK)
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Hi, I have a great great grandfather who told my grandad that he lived on the Black Patch in Smethwick. His name was George Hardy, and I have heard that this was a common gypsy name. His wife had a mother called Eliza Lee, which I thought may also have some gypsy lineage as I also know that Lee is a common gypsy surname. Can anyone help me to find out if it is possible that any of my ancestors have gypsy heritage?
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For information, here is first enquiry with some family details
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=783547
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Ted Rudge is the person who knows lots about the families who lived on the Black Patch - try googling Ted Rudge and Black Patch.
Take a look at the RTFHS website www.rtfhs.org.uk and also see if your local library has a copy of My Ancestors were Gypsies, published by the Society of Genealogists, and have a read of that.
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Im grandson of the hardy/lee romani line in shoreditch /bethnal green … the hardy side is quite complicated as dates dont match half the time ,so i rely on dna matches and going backwards from my cousins , so far weve got back to the hardy /lee generation and there desendants …. Reagarding birmingham area , i have came across documents and other paperwork that point the hardys to essex/hampshire/and north past birmingham …