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Table of Contents
Introduction
Welsh Search Strategies
Step 1. Identify What You Know About Your Family
Step 2. Decide What You Want To Learn
Step 3. Select A Record To Search
Step 4. Find And Search The Record
Step 5. Use The Information
The Family History Library Catalog
Map: Wales Pre - 1974 County Structure
Map: Wales 1974 - 1966 County Structure
Map: Wales Post-1966 County Structure
Archives And Libraries
National Archives And Libraries
County Record Offices
Public And Academic Libraries
Family And Local History Society Libraries
Special Archives
Locating Web Sites For Record Offices And Libraries
Inventories, Registers, Catalogs, And Schedules
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
National Census
Understanding The Census
Searching Census Records
Locating Census Records
Census Records At The Family History Library
Census Indexes
Church Directories
Church History
Church Records
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Locating Civil Registration Records
Indexes To Civil Registration Records
Searching Civil Registration Records And Indexes
Records At The Family History Library
Miscellaneous Indexes
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Genealogical Collections
Research Coordination
Historical Geography
History
Land And Property
Estate Records
Availability Of Estate Records
Manorial Records
Language And Languages
Maps
Merchant Marine
Military Records
History And Background
Twentieth Century Records
Understanding Military Records
Locating Military And Naval Records
Records At The Family History Library
Search Strategies
Handbooks For Military Records
Names, Personal
Patronymic Names In Wales
Other Types Of Surnames
Adopting A Surname
Newspapers
Nobility
Occupations
Periodicals
Probate Records
Types Of Probate Records
Laws And Customs
Guardianship
Probating A Will
Pre-1858 Probate Courts
Post-1857 Probate Courts
Estate Duty Wills And Administrations
Locating Probate Records
Determining The Court
Indexes
Probate Records At The Family History Library
Records Not At The Family History Library
Difficulties In Locating A Pre-1858 Record
Schools
Societies
Family History Societies
Association Of Family History Societies Of Wales
The Federation Of Family History Societies
Local History Societies
One-name Groups
Locating Records At The Family History Library
Taxation
Other Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
PERIODICALS A periodical is a regularly published magazine, newsletter, or journal. In Britain, periodicals are called journals. Journals are published by family history, local history, religious, one-name (organized to study a specific surname), and national societies. The articles often include:
Periodicals useful for Welsh research are:
Family History News and Digest. Birmingham: Federation of Family History Societies, 1975–. (FHL book 942 B2ff; computer number 0196337.) This publication reports on the activities of its member societies. Articles published in the member society journals are summarized. A list of publications is included, offering low-priced, well-written booklets on various records.
Family Tree Magazine. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire: Michael Armstrong, 1984–. (FHL book 942 D25f; computer number 0350532.) Features of this journal include informative articles, book reviews, advertisements, a question and answer column, and much more.
The Local Historian. Chichester, Sussex: British Association for Local History, 1970-. (FHL book 942 B2ah; computer number 0202266.) Continued from the previous title of The Amateur Historian. This periodical can help you understand life in England and Wales. It also contains detailed articles on genealogical records.
National Library of Wales Journal (Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru). Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1939–. (FHL British book 942.9 B2j; computer number 0253229.) This periodical has many articles that will help you understand life in Wales.
The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1892–. (FHL book 942.9 C4c; computer number 0227453.) This publication contains many articles that will help you understand life in Wales. In the 1948 volume, there is a long article on Welsh genealogies.
Williams, Gareth Haulfryn. Mynegai I’r Cymmrodor a Thrafodion Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion, 1878–1982 (An Index to Y Cymmrodor and the Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1878–1982). N.p., [1982]. (FHL book 942.9 B22w; computer number. )
Nearly every county in Wales has a local history, family history, or antiquarian society that publishes journals. To find journals in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog, look under:
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