Here is some information and a few guidelines on how to find out about any ancestors who might have gone over to Patagonia. There is a lot of information available through the web on the subject of genealogy in general. For good, useful information about any Welsh connection, go to the following:
'Ancestors' website
'UK and Ireland Genealogy' website
Here are some more points to consider whilst doing your research:
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A lot of information is available through Peta Robert's website www.welsh-patagonia.com, including advice on how to get hold of the main official sources of information in the Chubut Valley and Wales, especially between 1865 and 1900
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The National Library of Wales keeps copies of the Welsh-language newspaper published in Patagonia, called Y Drafod, which has a lot of information about births and deaths in the population. The Library has also published a guide to the Parish Registers of Wales, which go back to 1837
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A complete list of those who sailed on the Mimosa is available in the back of Elvey Macdonald's Hirdaith (Gwasg Gomer, 1999)
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A couple of useful books were published in 90s by Albina Jones de Zampini called Reunion de familias en el sur, Llegadas al Chubut entre 1865 y 1922, which show the family trees of many of the early pioneers. The books are in Spanish and available at the National Library of Wales
If you intend to go to Patagonia, the civil registry of the region is to be found in Rawson, Chubut, with original copies kept of all certificates:
Direccion General Registro Civil Moreno 454 Rawson,
Chubut Province,
Republica Argentina
A list of ships' registers between 1882 and 1925 can be found at:
Centro de Estudios Migratores Latinoamericano,
Calle Independencia 20,
1099 Capital Federal Buenos Aires,
Republica Argentina
