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Free genealogy help and resources are available for Wales and for individual counties. Select a county where your ancestor lived or browse the topics listed to the left and the featured items listed below to learn more about how to search for your ancestors.

The historic counties

Click on the county name for further information on that county

News and events

News:

Records recently deposited for Bethania Chapel, Maesteg 1861-2005 at the Glamorgan Record Office.
Pre 1858 Welsh Probate indexes and free document images are now online.
The 1911 census is now available online for all of Wales. About 13% of the schedules are printed and filled out in Welsh.
Ordnance Survey Maps with registration district boundaries free to search online
The National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth has begun a £20 million project to make large parts of its collection available on-line. The project will take 10 years to complete and will involve the digitising of millions of documents, newspapers and books.
The latest national Census in Wales took place on 27 March, 2011.
BBC Wales have relaunched their website on Welsh Family History
FamilySearch now has Welsh parish registers on microfilm.

Events:

Cwrs Cymraeg This year's Welsh course, Cwrs Cymraeg Dyffryn Shenandoah, will be at Shenandoah University in Virginia on July 17-24, 2011.

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Things you can do

Join a Community of Wales researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on Facebook and/or Skype. NEW!
Plan Your Research Trip to Wales
Take one of many Welsh Language Courses