William Wright and his wife Mary Morgan. Pretty much I have their life stories from when they were married, all their children, census records, etc. But with such common names I have not been able to find who their parents are. The next step is to order their wedding certificate to see if it gives their parents' names.
Apparently William Wright was born in London, so he may not have been Welsh, just moved there. But I can see that Mary Morgan will be nearly impossible to trace, even if I do find her parents names. Morgans in Wales are so common it's depressing. I looked for Mary Morgan's baptismal records based on her stated age and place of birth on various censuses. There were DOZENS of Mary Morgans in and near that place born in the right years.
I have lots on my Welsh immigrant ancestor, including where he was working as a slate miner in 1871 just before he sailed over, the ship passenger list with him and his brother when they came over in 1872 and as much as I can find in the US.
Surprising to me, the British did not do any census before 1841 and national records were not kept until 1837. Some parishes kept good records, but many did not and the amount of detail and quality of the records was dependent on the parish priest. If you are really lucky you have Quaker ancestors since they kept wonderful records and many of those have been transcribed and indexed.
Canadian census records are online for some of the provinces and Ancestry has all of them. But Canada's first full census was not until 1871. Some census were taken by the British as early as 1841 but they really are not complete. Again, parishes kept the other records and with the mix of early churches, the quality and completeness is irregular at best and many parishes have not transcribed and indexed their records.
Compared to researching in the US, I find the UK and Canada frustrating!
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