When I started out on the trail of my heritage using Family Tree Maker and Ancestry, I encountered a number of items that surprised me. The amount of data available online is incredible but perhaps the biggest surprise was discovering that my Jenkins roots were based in Donegal, Ireland !!
In common with most people, I expected to trace back to somewhere in Wales. I had also assumed that Jenkins is a Welsh name but, again to my surprise, I have learned its origins are in Cornwall !
The trail of the Jenkins family began with Evans Jenkins from Donegal.