Celtic Text

       From the French word texere, meaning to weave, originates our English word text. Certainly, this text on the story of my Celtic ancestors does this in spades. It is the foremost source of information and authority I have run across in my Jones surname tree climbing during the past 62 years. It is edited by Miranda J. Green (an Honorary Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales), and with 40 other contributors weaves the story of Celtic existence. The official reference is, Green, M.J. (ed.): The Celtic World, London and N.Y., Routledge, 1995. It contains 839 pages in 12 parts. These parts are titled:

                                                                PART I: CELTIC ORIGINS  

                                                                PART II: WARRIORS AND WARFARE

                                                                PART III: SOCIETY AND SOCIAL LIFE

                                                                PART IV: SETTLEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

                                                                PART: V: THE ECONOMY

                                                                PART VI: TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP

                                                                PART VII: THE ART OF THE CELTS

                                                                PART VIII: PAGAN CELTIC RELIGION

                                                                PART IX: THE CELTICS IN EUROPE

                                                                PART X: ON THE EDGE OF THE WESTERN

                                                                                WORLD

                                                                PART XI: CELTIC BRITAIN POST AD 400

                                                                PART XII: THE SURVIVAL OF THE CELTS

      a weave of Celtic history indeed. The cover of my copy follows.