Wales

Craig Cwm Bychan (Llyn Cwellyn)
[Black's picturesque guide to Wales; page 125]

Most resources on this page relate to Wales only. Please remember to consult the Britain page where much of the material will also be relevant.

There are some useful resources for researching your Welsh ancestors in the Genealogy Centre on the 1^st floor. The key to finding them is our catalogue which you can explore by searching under keyword. Try searching under the name of a location e.g. monmouthshire or under wales + the type of source e.g. wales gazetteers. Please be aware that this type of search will also retrieve results for New South Wales.

Handbooks

The following guides to researching your Welsh ancestry are available in the Genealogy Centre on the 1^st floor:
Welsh family history: a guide to research
Second stages in researching Welsh ancestry
In search of Welsh ancestry
The family tree detective : a manual for tracing your ancestors in England and Wales

Archives and Libraries

National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales website has quite a lot of online family history content. From the Family History page go to Search Archival Databases for online indexes to marriage licences 1616-1837, court records 1730-1830, pre-1858 wills and more.
Archives Wales
The Archives Wales website has an online catalogue of historical resources in 21 archives throughout Wales as well as information on how to go about researching your family history.
Gathering the Jewels
This site has a digital collection of items from museums, archives and libraries in Wales. Included are images of objects, books, letters, photographs and maps. You can search across the whole site, browse by theme or click on a map to search by location.

Gateways

Use our SLWA Family History Bookmarks to find websites for Wales recommended by the Family History Subject Specialists. Simply click on any heading of interest e.g. wales-marriages to see a list of websites relating to this topic. The larger the tag, the more websites appear on the list.

GENUKI Wales
This is the Wales section of the GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy website. It has pages for each county as well as information for the whole of Wales.
WalesGenWeb
This is the Wales section of the WorldGenWeb site. It has pages for each county, links to other websites, message boards and mailing lists.
BBC - Wales
The BBC website has quite a lot of information on Welsh family history research. It includes advice for beginners, information on Welsh naming practices and more.
Cyndi’s List - Wales
This is the Wales section of Cyndi’s list with an extensive collection of links.

Societies

Association of Family History Societies of Wales
This site has information on family history societies in Wales with links to their individual websites.

Page last updated: Wednesday 26 October 2011