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 Click here to download the&nbsp;Welsh database to a GEDCOM file on your computer.&nbsp;([http://www.welshfamilyhistory.info/records/Welsh%20Families%20Project%20-%2026%20Mar%202008.ged/view '''GEDCOM'''])&nbsp;
-<br>'''Base Data'''
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-The base for this file or data base is from Peter C. Bartrum’s work, ‘Welsh Genealogies 300-1400’, ‘Welsh Genealogies 1400-1500’, and his corrections and additions for these works. There are 27,553 individuals entered from his first work and 55,788 from his second work. About one fourth of the people are found in both works. Approximately 63,000 are the base of the file. As of 31 Mar 2008 the file has 234,342 individuals. The time frame basically covered is 100 A.D. through 1700 A.D. with a few individuals before and after these dates.
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-'''Dating System'''
-A generational dating format was used. This actually was used by Peter C. Bartrum in his ‘Welsh Genealogies’, and worked so well that it has been continued. When an actual date (example: age 6 in 1584) is known it is placed in the file as “birth: cal 1578”. If the individual has siblings they are left in the generational dating format, until a clear date is available. Eventually everyone prior to 1700 will be dated, whether by generational or conventional methods. When time frames are too far apart it becomes apparent that generations are missing. This has been solved by entering extra generations to fill the gaps. (example: [grandson], [10th great-grandson])
+The starting point for the Welsh database is Peter C. Bartrum’s two volumes, Welsh Genealogies 300 – 1400 and Welsh Genealogies 1400 – 1500, and his corrections and additions to these works. There are approximately 63,000 names entered from Bartrum’s volumes. As of March 2008 the file has 234,342 individuals, covering a period from about 100 A.D. to 1700 A.D.
+Dating Methods
+Peter C. Bartrum used a generational system for estimating dates. This method has been continued as additional sources have been added to the database. When an actual date (example: age 6 in 1584) is known it is placed in the file as “birth: cal 1578”. If the individual has siblings, the siblings are left in the generational dating format until a more precise date is available. Eventually everyone prior to 1700 will be dated, whether by generational or conventional dating methods. When known dates are too far apart, extra generations have been added to fill the gaps.
-(It is amazing how close the dating method has been when an actual date is found. It has also helped prove or disprove marriage and parentage links. Some links which have been claimed are actually hundreds of years apart in time frame.)
+[I have been amazed at how close the generational dating method has matched when an actual date has been discovered. The method has also been useful to prove or disprove marriage and parentage links. Some links claimed in the sources have been shown to be hundreds of years apart using this method.] <br>
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