Possible Courtenay Travellers - 1841 and 1851 Censuses
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After establishing that we may have some Romany DNA I started looking into how to research in this area in particular from a DNA point of view. Three key sites of interest included:- The Romany and Traveller Family HistorySociety - joined FTDNA RomanyDNA Project - quite restrictive on who joins FTDNA Celtic Travellers - joined I also created a resource page at Wikitree - British Romany Resources . It was on the Celtic Travellers site that I found a reference to a list of known surnames. The Traveller Tinker Gypsy Surname Index of Great Britain last updated 8/03/2010. Under the name COURTNEY, two suggestions. 1841 Census St Austell, Cornwall and 1851 Census Scotland. How these names came to be on this list are unclear. Needless to say, I've now researched these families to see if they connect to any other Courtney's that have been subjects of interest in the past. 1841 St Austell - Nicholas COURTENAY The reference to the 1841 was actually to a family listed under the