My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:49 am
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/gypsy.html
My Ancestors were Gypsies. By Sharon Sillers Floate. Softbound (2010), 118 pp., indexed, £8.99. Published by Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA England.
"Among the telltale clues of possible Romani ancestry in Britain, says author Floate, are traditional Gypsy surnames, such as Boswell, Cooper, Smith, and Lee, though she points out that these names are also quite common among the non-Gypsy British. Floate includes a list of more than one hundred Romani surnames throughout England as well as regional concentrations"
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/main_page.html
I learned that my rare gene is Romani. This was a surprise as I hadn't encountered any reference to that in my research.
I have many unknown women in my grandmothers, many with the name Mary, .and Sarah. This would indicate Native American ancestry, which I do have. I also have Melungeon, so this Ancestry probably is deep. I didn't really know Gypsy is a term that originated with Egyptian. That can be some deep Native American genes as well. This book caught my eye because it mentions Lee. I have that surname from very early 1694 NC origins. I have several surnames that could be Lost Colony, early NC and Jamestown, French Huguenot , I found it interesting to read that the . Egyptians or Gypsies are recorded in 1400 Scotland. From link in earlier post.
My Ancestors were Gypsies. By Sharon Sillers Floate. Softbound (2010), 118 pp., indexed, £8.99. Published by Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA England.
"Among the telltale clues of possible Romani ancestry in Britain, says author Floate, are traditional Gypsy surnames, such as Boswell, Cooper, Smith, and Lee, though she points out that these names are also quite common among the non-Gypsy British. Floate includes a list of more than one hundred Romani surnames throughout England as well as regional concentrations"
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/main_page.html
I learned that my rare gene is Romani. This was a surprise as I hadn't encountered any reference to that in my research.
I have many unknown women in my grandmothers, many with the name Mary, .and Sarah. This would indicate Native American ancestry, which I do have. I also have Melungeon, so this Ancestry probably is deep. I didn't really know Gypsy is a term that originated with Egyptian. That can be some deep Native American genes as well. This book caught my eye because it mentions Lee. I have that surname from very early 1694 NC origins. I have several surnames that could be Lost Colony, early NC and Jamestown, French Huguenot , I found it interesting to read that the . Egyptians or Gypsies are recorded in 1400 Scotland. From link in earlier post.