Wales Websites

Some of these sources may have limited Welsh content.

= All Wales/General =

Archives &amp; libraries


 * National Library of Wales ISYSweb Free Text Search This allows for a keyword search of the manuscript collections. Try a search for a parish or farm name. In some cases a brief extract from the manuscript (such as a title deed) is included which may provide names, dates, places, relationships etc..
 * Archives Network Wales Descriptions of documents held by record offices, universities and other repositories in Wales.
 * National Archives Access to Archives Descriptions of records held at various archives but mainly in England.

Birth Calculator


 * Birth Date Calculator This helps calculate the birth date when all you know is the date of death and age at death.

Cemeteries


 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated.
 * War Graves In Britain - The intent of this organization is to create awareness of the local Commonwealth War graves in Great Britain and compile a record of untended war graves. Sparse content.

Census


 * Rootsweb General UK genealogy site.
 * GenUKI General UK &amp; IRL genealogy information
 * FreeCen This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" on-line searchable database of the 19th century census returns for Wales, Scotland &amp; England.
 * 1901 Census index of Royal Navy Ships An index of ships that were at sea or in ports on March 31, 1901, the day the 1901 census was taken.
 * Jews in Welsh Censuses Searchable databases for Jews living in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
 * CensusFinder Information on Welsh censuses
 * FindMyPast Commercial UK Genealogy Site

Church records


 * National Library of Wales
 * GenUKI
 * Baptist Ministers in Baptist Magazine 1811
 * Directories - Fasti Ecclesiastae Anglicanae
 * Hugh Wallis' IGI Batch Numbers for Wales
 * Rootsweb

Churches &amp; Chapels


 * Chapel Recording Project of Welsh Chapels
 * Church Photographs from the north-east
 * The Parish Clerk Index

Civil registration


 * Civil Registration
 * FreeBMD Civil Registration
 * FindMy Past Commercial genealogy site
 * GRO On-line Certificate Ordering
 * NorthWalesBMD

Court records


 * Crime and Punishment Database from the Court of Great Sessions gaol files for the years 1730-1830.

Dictionaries


 * Lampeter University's Welsh Dictionary on-line
 * Oxford English Dictionary online

Emigrant &amp; Immigrant


 * EllisIsland, New York
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
 * Brits in South America
 * Welsh Mariners Index

Gazetteers


 * National Gazetteer of Wales
 * Welsh Chapels
 * The Parish Clerk Index
 * Vision of Britain

General Welsh Genealogy


 * National Library of Wales
 * Wales Past
 * Gathering the Jewels
 * Welsh Family History at BBC Wales
 * Vision of Britain
 * Books from the Past
 * 100 Welsh Heroes
 * The National Archives
 * Archon
 * Burke's Peerage
 * Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
 * Indexes links var.
 * Wales Lookup Exchange,a genealogy help page

Heraldry


 * Burke's Peerage
 * Nobility - Indexes Castle Index

Jews


 * JewishGen UK Database
 * Welsh Census Returns Jews 1851,1891

Maps


 * Maps - Get a map from Ordnance Survey

Merchant marines


 * Lloyd's Ship Register index
 * Welsh Mariners Index

Military records


 * Royal Regiment of Wales
 * British Battles
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * Napoleonic War Naval Indexes
 * The National Archives Trafalgar ancestors
 * War Graves In Britain

Names - Geographical


 * Ordnance Survey guide to Welsh place names

Names - Personal


 * On-line Welsh names directory

Newspapers


 * Gentleman's Magazine Search

Nobility


 * Nobility - Indexes Castle Index

Occupations


 * UK Coal Mining Index
 * Welsh Coal Mines

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= Caenarfonshire =

Census


 * Download of the 1851 Aber Census Indexes
 * Llyn Peninsula Census 1861

Church records


 * Caernarfon - Pew Rentals
 * Conwy St Mary's Parish MIs

Civil Registration


 * North Wales Births Marriages &amp; Deaths

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Caernarfonshire board
 * BBC Wales north-west genealogy

= Cardiganshire =

Census


 * Aberystwyth Workhouse 1881
 * Llangynfelyn 1841-1901 Censuses

Church records


 * Llangynfelyn marriages 1813-1880

Genealogy


 * Dyfed Family History Society
 * Rootsweb Cardiganshire board
 * One Place Study for Llangynfelyn Includes links to many indexes and records for this parish.

= Carmarthenshire =

Genealogy


 * Dyfed Family History Society
 * Rootsweb Carmarthenshire board
 * BBC Wales south-west genealogy

= Denbighshire =

Cemeteries


 * Wrexham Cemeteries

Churches


 * Shropshire's Non-conformist chapels (includes some border chapels in Denbighshire)

Civil Registration


 * NorthWalesBMD indexes 1837-1950
 * Wrexham Marriage Indexes 1837-1997

Genealogy


 * Clwyd Family History Society
 * Rootsweb Denbighshire board
 * BBC Wales north-east genealogy

= Flintshire =

Civil Registration


 * NorthWalesBMD indexes 1837-1950

Genealogy


 * Clwyd Family History Society
 * Rootsweb Flintshire board
 * BBC Wales north-east genealogy

= Glamorgan =

Cemeteries


 * Penrhys Cemetery

Church records


 * Dissenter Index for Glamorgan &amp; Monmouthshire

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Glamorgan board
 * BBC Wales south-east genealogy

Merchant marines


 * Cardiff Merchant Marine Indexes, Agreement &amp; Crew Lists
 * Merchant Marine Indexes, Channel Pilots

Probate


 * Swansea Wills

Public records


 * Glamorgan Public Records Office

= Merionethshire =

Civil Registration


 * NorthWalesBMD indexes 1837-1950

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Merionethshire board
 * BBC Wales north-west genealogy

= Monmouthshire =

Cemeteries


 * Monmouthshire Monumental Inscriptions

Church records


 * Church records - Dissenter Index for Glamorgan &amp; Monmouthshire
 * Caerwent Church records

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Monmouthshire board
 * BBC Wales south-east genealogy

= Montgomeryshire =

Census


 * Llanfyllin Workhouse 1881

Church records


 * Llanlugan Church records indexes

Civil Registration


 * NorthWalesBMD Indexes 1837-1950

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Montgomeryshire board

= Pembrokeshire =

Census


 * Llanboidy 1861

Genealogy


 * Dyfed Family History Society
 * Rootsweb Pembrokeshire board
 * BBC Wales south-west genealogy

= Radnorshire =

Census


 * Knighton Workhouse 1881

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Radnorshire board
 * Llandrindrod Project

Landowners


 * Radnorshire landowners in 1873

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