Hi Kate,
Between all the different sites with convict records,,,,they are pretty accurate and very valuable.
The problem is,,there are just soooo many Thomas
JONES to choose from.
Collecting all of them,,,from
Wales,,,IF you are sure it is the one from
Wales,,,then following them until you narrow them down is about the only way to go. (barr purchaing all certs etc)
I was looking into other stuff and Thomas
JONES was a quarryman, in Jane St..(I think he may have lived on a corner,,or moved round the corner,,or maybe even the street names merged/changed, as I think I can follow him)
Are you sure you traced back correctly or maybe tried to match things up with grandpa's story???
Who is the closest person to you (in that line) that you know for a fact is the right person??
Maybe if a few of us follow it back (using all our different resources) we will either come to the same conclusion and know for sure,,OR,,come up with different endings that will open more options..
Kellie