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Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« 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.

     

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Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« Reply #1 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

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Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 02 November 07 21:51 GMT (UK) »
thank you

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steve

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Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« Reply #3 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.
Casaubon (Geneva, London), Daulinge, Berners, McMullen (Nottingham), Tabb (Leics), Mycock (Derbys & Staffs), Gilbert (Notts), Price (s Wales), Krilovs/similar, gypsy Roberts, gypsy Clark, Bexell (Sussex), gypsy Elliott, Raven, Neligan (Co Kerry), Rymer, Newton (Hull).


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Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« Reply #4 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

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Re: Gypsy ancestors true or false?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 01 February 08 08:39 GMT (UK) »
Hi Tina - Thanks for the information

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Steve