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Books - General subjects

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The National Library of Wales have issued twice yearly journals since 1939. There is a listing of their contents on the Wales pages for Genuki where suitable articles are being extracted. The contents listing can be viewed on http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/NLWjournals.html and extracts are linked from there.

Welsh Murders Volume 1: 1770-1918. By Peter Fuller and Brian Knapp. Published by Christopher Davies 1986 .   Here is a contents listing and names listing. Christopher Challener
Industrial Development of South Wales, by  A H John. University of Wales Press , 1950 Steve Keates
Before Rebecca: Popular Protests in Wales 1793-1835. By David J.V. Jones (pub.Allen Lane 1973). There is a further description of the book's contents on Gareth's Help Page. There are snippets relating to the counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Glamorgan  based on this book on Not everyone knows this..
The book deals with ;
  • Corn Riots in Wales 1793-1830 (all of Wales, but mostly south)
  • The Resistance of Small Farmers and Squatters - to enclosure (again, all of Wales)
  • The South Wales Strike of 1816 (mainly Merthyr and MON.)
  • The Scotch Cattle (entirely MON.)
  • The Carmarthen Riots of 1831
  • The Merthyr Riots of 1831
  • Law Enforcement & Popular Disturbances in Wales - 1793-1835 (all of Wales)
(There are other "Rebecca" books on the Carmarthenshire page)   
Gareth Hicks
Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs. Introduction and commentary by E D Jones. Batsford 1972. There is an introduction and index of photographs on    INDEX           Gareth Hicks
A Mirror of Medieval Wales, Gerald of Wales and His Journey of 1188. Charles Kightly; Cadw, 1988. See Introduction and list of chapter headings and features on  Gareth's Help Page.              Gareth Hicks
The Cambrian Journal   Volume 1 , 1854. Published under the auspices of the Cambrian Institute. London, Longmans & Co; Tenby, R Mason. See a complete listing of the contents index on  Gareth's Help Page.        Gareth Hicks
The Matter of Wales   (Epic views of a small country), by  Jan Morris, published in 1984 by Oxford. Revised Penguin ed.2000. It is possibly best described as a celebration of Welshness. The author covers history, the literature and language, the landscape and traditions.There are illustrations of life today and their connections to the past            Steve Keates
Wales : Nation & Region by Mervyn Phillips, Gomer 1997.See a brief review and list of chapter headings on  Gareth's Help Page.               Gareth Hicks
The People of Wales  Ed. Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith, 1999. See a brief review and list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page            Gareth Hicks
The Lost Houses of Wales   - by Thomas Lloyd - this is a survey, complete  with photographs of country houses in Wales demolished since c.1900         Sian Bowi
The Welsh House . A Study in Folk Culture. By Iorwerth C Peate, Honourable Society of Cymrodorion, 1940. Here is a review and a listing of the Contents, Illustrations, Figures and houses and sites mentioned     INDEX          Gareth Hicks
The Castles of South-West Wales by Mike Salter 1996; The Observer's Book of Castles by Brian K.Davison 1979 ; Welsh Castles produced by Photo Precision Ltd.         Katy Jenkins
Early Wales Re-created by Alan Sorrell 1980         Katy Jenkins
Ghosts & Legends of Wales by J.A.Brooks 1987         Katy Jenkins
The Third Day, Landscape & the Word (Welsh Poetry & Photo's) by Kathy Miles & John Reed 1995       Katy Jenkins
The Welsh Cattle Drovers     By Richard J Colyer 1976. There is a contents listing/introduction and an online  index compiled by Catherine Davies-Shiel available on     INDEX          Gareth Hicks
Wales and the Drovers; the historical background of an epoch. By P G Hughes, 1944   Here is an   INDEX by Gareth Hicks         Gareth Hicks
Land and People in C19 Wales by David Howell 1977. There is an introduction to the book  with chapter headings on  Gareth's Help Page       Gareth Hicks
The Edwardes Legacy           Wendy Angove
Romilly's Visits to Wales 1827-1854. Extracts from the Diaries of the Rev. Joseph Romilly.  By M G R Morris. Gomer, 1998.  ISBN 1-85902-454-8. See a brief review and list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page       Gareth Hicks
Who's Who in Welsh History  by Deborah C Fisher 1997         Huw Daniel
Llyfryddiaeth Cylchgronau Cymreig [A Bibliography of Welsh Periodicals 1735 - 1850] NLW, 1993 . By Huw Walters. This contains detailed descriptions of the 195 titles which were published within that period, including lists of editors, publishers, printers, place of publication, place of printing etc. There is an introduction to the book by the author on  Genuki              Gareth Hicks
Subject Index to Welsh Periodicals 1931-1955. 7 volumes bound as one book giving an alphabetical index of subject and the appropriate reference. It refers to both English language and Welsh language periodicals. The subjects are very diverse ; people,places,"things",medical conditions,languages , buildings etc etc. Vol 1 1931, Vol 2 1932-33 , Vol 3 1934-35 , Vol 4 1936-37 , Vol 5 1938-40 , Vol 6 1941-45. Vol 7 1946-1955            Pat Powell
Reference Wales  by John May  1994           Selwyn Davies
Criminal Register Indexes 1805 - 1816 Wales & Mon (Pub by Family History Indexes ( Stuart Tamblin)) (also supplement of executions, rioters and machine breakers) ;
Courts Martials 1914 - 1921 (Family History Indexes ) (Stuart Tamblin ) ;
Soldiers executed 1914 - 1920 ( Family History Indexes) (Stuart Tamblin )          
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Crime and Punishment in England & Wales- an Outline History. By Eldon Smith, Gomer, 1986. See a brief review and list of chapter headings on  Gareth's Help Page                 Gareth Hicks
Crime in Nineteenth Century Wales  by David J.V.Jones UWP             Raynor Lewis
Crime and Policing in the Twentieth Century (The South Wales Experience). By David J.V.Jones . UWP         Raynor Lewis
People, Protest and Politics. Case studies in C19 Wales. By David Egan, Gomer 1987. See a brief review and list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page           Gareth Hicks  or   Huw Daniel
People and Protest : Wales 1815-1880 by Trevor Herbert & Gareth Elwyn Jones.  UWP           Raynor Lewis
The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr  [ 1400-1409 ] by R R Davies 1995  It is name indexed. A brief introduction and list of chapter headings is available on Gareth's Help Page            Gareth Hicks  
Valleys of Song by Gareth Williams (1998). Music and Society in Wales 1840 - 1914. Loads of names and information on choirs, singers, musicians, writers etc.           Jeff Lewis
Land of my Fathers-2000 years of Welsh History  by Gwynfor Evans...published by Y Lolfa Cyf in Talybont, Ceredigion, 1992...Indexed.A brief introduction and list of chapter headings is available on Gareth's Help Page                Elaine Barsosky
Personalities of Wales and The Marches by Kenneth M. Bryant published by Mr. Bryant September 1997. This book is narrow in scope; however, if anyone had an interest in Robert Ferrar, Bishop, 1505-1555 or John Kyrle, Esq., 1637-1724 or Richard Price 1723-1791 or Hugh Price Hughes 1847-1902 or Walter Conway, Esq. 1873-1933 or His Honour Sir Owen Temple-Morris, Q.C. 1896-1985 there is detailed biography of all contained within the pages.      Elaine Barsosky
A Chronicle of Welsh Events  by John May         Huw Daniel
The Customs and Traditions of Wales  by Trefor M.Owen reprinted 1998         Gareth Hicks or  Huw Daniel
Growing Up in Wales 1895-1939. Edited by Jeffrey Grenfell-Hill. Gomer 1996.See a brief review and list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page          Gareth Hicks
Books by Canon D.Parry Jones who was Sian's great uncle .      
  • Welsh Country Upbringing,
  • Welsh Country Characters,
  • Welsh Children's Games and Pastimes,
  • My Own Folk.
Sian Bowi
Welsh Rural Life in Photographs By Elfyn Scourfield, 1979. Published by Stewart Williams, Barry, ISBN 0 900807 34 2. There is an online index by Jill Smith  available on   INDEX    No lookups availale
Pobl Wrth Eu Gwaith/People at Work . D. Lewis, Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul 1987. ISBN 0-86383-367-5. Also largely from the St Fagans collection.Covers all Wales. There is an index by Jill Smith available on   INDEX      No lookups availale
Enwogion Cymru, published in 1870        Sian Bowi
Welsh Political and Educational Leaders in the Victorian Era by  J.Vyrnwy Morgan, 1908         Sian Bowi
Welsh Convict Women by Deirdre Beddoe - a study of women transported from Wales to Australia 1787 - 1852.      Sian Bowi
Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families by J.E.Griffith, 1914. This is recommended for Welsh research by the LDS. Nominally, it refers to gentry estates in these counties but it covers, although not initially, all South Wales and all the old Welsh Kingdoms.          Glyn Jones

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Books - Religious

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Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales and the Journal of Welsh Ecclesiastical History. This site contains an index to these journals and to the numerous collections of documents transcribed and edited therein. It thus provides, for example, indexes to the St Asaph episcopal acta calendared in vols 6 and 9 of JHSCW and to the mass of documentation on the lordship of Dewisland transcribed by Francis Jones.

Lookups are available on Vol XI and XXV of Journal of the Historical Society of theChurch in Wales  ONLY but you must check the index yourself to quote the reference     

Lyn Nunn

Welsh Baptist Studies edited by Mansel John, quite a few names in this.       Wendy Angove
Country Churchyards In Wales by Donald Gregory published in 1991 by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch , indexed by Place Name.        Elaine Barsosky
The Old Parish Churches of South-West Wales. Malvern, 1994 . by Mike Salter         Gareth Hicks
Religious Census of 1851, a Calendar of Returns Relating to Wales By Ieuan Gwynedd Jones & David Williams. This covers the whole of Wales and Monmouth, listing each Church & Chapel with details of the number attending, Welsh or English Services, and remarks by the person filling in the form as to re-building, and extracts from Lewis on tythes and endowments etc.        Lloyd Lewis
Official Handbooks of the Church in Wales 1939 and 1959. They include brief career details (similar to those appearing in "Crockford") for all clergy active in the Church in Wales at the relevant dates.       David Webb
My Ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales, with a list of extant registers but no personal names Compiled by D J H Clifford   Published by the S.O.G. 1992         Gareth Hicks
Hanes Eglwys Radnor Walk, Chelsea ,Llundain  1859-1959       Gareth Hicks
The Book of Welsh Saints by T. D. Breverton, published by the author in 2000. The book gives historical and mythological information on over 900 Welsh saints, major and minor        John Ball

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Books etc- Emigration

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LDS Emigration to the USA. "The Mormon Immigration Index is a database of approximately 93,000 immigrants who traveled from various international ports to the United States between the years 1840 and 1890. Information in this database includes the age, country of origin, ports of departure and arrival, the company leader assigned to each voyage, and general voyage information. This index also contains transcriptions of autobiographies, journals, diaries, and letters of approximately 1,000 passengers. These immigrant accounts are linked to over 500 known LDS companies and provide a composite account of those who crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to gather in Zion. Other people who took part of these voyages, but who were not members of the LDS Church are also listed in this index." Please include as much information as possible: Name, birth year, country of birth, year of emigration, etc.           Venita Roylance  
The Welsh in Oneida County, New York . By Paul Demund EvansThis is an electronic version of a book which is often cited by scholars and historians as a source of information on the Welsh in New York State. It was originally presented as a master's thesis to Cornell University in 1914. The subject sections are:
  • New Introduction
  • Utica Daily News Article 1916
  • Emigration from Wales
  • Coming of the Welsh to Oneida
  • The Welsh Churches
  • The Welsh Press
  • The Welsh and Politics
online
Wales in America - Scranton and the Welsh 1860-1920. By William D. Jones .The ISBN is 0-940866-65-X. (Library of Congress) and ISBN 0-7083-1387-6 (British Library). Printed by University of Wales Press and the University of Scranton Press. Hardcover published 1993, paperback 1997           Maye  Salmon-Nardozza
"Calvinists Incorporated -- Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier" by Anne Kelly Knowles, pub. 1997 by The University of Chicago           Julie Preston
"Hanes Bywgraffiadol o Cenadon Cymreig i wleddydd paganaidd". G. Pennar Griffith 1897.An account of Welsh missionary activities , with biographies of c 60 missionaries and summary details for c 150.           Anna Brueton
The Call of Zion: The Story of the First Welsh Mormon Emigration by Ronald  D. Dennis, copyright 1987 by Religious Studies Center Brigham Young  University, (ISBN 0-88494-628-2). Produced and distributed by Bookcraft,  Salt Lake City Utah.             Gaye Willis
The Welsh in America, letters from the immigrants, edited by Alan Conway, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1961             Thomas Roderick
The Welsh Community of  Waukesha County (Wisconsin).1926, by Daniel Jenkins Williams   This book mentions over 600 individuals who came from the Teifi Valley to Wales/Genesee (Towns), Waukesha County, Eastern Wisconsin, USA in the 1840--1850's period. The abstract lists individuals by family, local nickname, marital relationships, children, shire and farm/parish (if available) in Wales, and some birth and death dates as well as Wisconsin moves.        David (2) Jones
' The Settler Handbook' , I have a copy of this book by M.D.Nash, listing all those who emigrated to South Africa under the 1820 Settlers scheme. Over 1,000 families from across the country sailed on 17 ships on government assisted passages. There are certainly some from Wales e.g a group from Haverfordwest in 1820. If you have 'lost' someone in 1820 e-mail me privately and I will search the index for you. I also have a copy of ' Aided Immigration from Britain 'to South Africa 1857-1867  by Esme Bull.            Sue Mackay

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Books etc - Military

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Soldiers and Sailors who died in WWI. I am prepared to answer any WWI queries whotsoever, i.e general history     Andrew Vollans
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919. A listing on Cd of Soldiers and Officers that died in this war, published by the Naval and Military Press.         Linda Millward or Huw Daniel
Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-19, Part 29. The South Wales Borderers. It is indexed and contains lst through 14th Battalions; 51st, 52nd, 53rd (Grad) Battalion; Depot; Brecknock Battalion.          Elaine Barsosky
Pioneer Battalions in the Great War, by K.W. Mitchinson , ISBN: 0-85052-566-7 .Published 1997 . No biographical details, excellent information on "Pioneer Battalions" (not the "Pioneer Corps")                Huw Daniel
Soldiers Died in the Great War, part 45. The Welch Regiment. The War Office. Originally published 1921. This edition 1988. ISBN: 1-871505-45-1. Details of all soldiers of the Welch Regiment killed during WWI, including where born, where enlisted and date of death.              Huw Daniel
The Cross of Sacrifice.Volume 4. (Non-commissioned Officers, Men and Women of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Empire who died in the Service of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corp and the Royal Air Force 1914 - 1921. Including the Commonwealth Navies and Air Forces.) by S.D. & D. B. Jarvis, published by The Naval & Military Press 2001. ISBN: 1-897632-97-5           Huw Daniel
Lifeboat Gallantry, RNLI Medals and how they were won, by Barry Cox. ISBN:0-907605-89-3. Published 1998. Lists every award of an RNLI medal, and how the medal was won.             Huw Daniel
Army Roll of Honour - World War II, Soldiers Died in The Second World War 1939-45         Huw Daniel
Royal Garrison Artillery Militia Attestations 1882-1912 Surname Index         Huw Daniel
The South Africa 1853 Medal  by G.R. Everson ISBN: 0-906304-02-4, 1978 Edition           Huw Daniel
The Distinguished Service Medal 1914 - 1920 by W.H. Fevyer  ISBN: 903754-97-5 1982 edition           Huw Daniel
The Distinguished Service Medal 1939 - 1946 by W.H. Fevyer  ISBN: 903754-90-8  1981 edition           Huw Daniel
The History of the South Wales Borderers, The Great War, 1914-18. Ray Westlake             Huw Daniel
The South Wales Borderers (24th Regiment of Foot) 1881 - 1969. Images of Wales series. Compiled by Martin Everett  ISBN: 0-7524-1846-7  This edition 1999            Huw Daniel
The Welch Regiment (41st & 69th Foot) 1881 -1969 . Compiled by Bryn Owen FMA Welch Regimental Museum, Cardiff Castle       Huw Daniel
Welsh Army Corps, 1914-1919. Western Mail, 1921. Ray Westlake.         Huw Daniel
The Welsh Guards by John Retallack. Foreword by H R H The Prince if Wales.Published (1981) by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd. London.ISBN 0 7232 2746 2. There is an index by Allen Powell available on   INDEX       Allen Powell
A Short History of the Royal Regiment of Wales [24th - 41st Foot]. Regimental Museum        Huw Daniel
Regimental Records of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 23rd Foot
  • Vol I, 1689 - 1815, Cary & McCance. ISBN: 0-9525408-1-9. 1995 reprint of 1921 original.
  • Vol II, 1816 - 1914 (July), Cary & McCance. ISBN: 0-9525408-2-7. 1995 reprint of 1923 original.
  • Vol III, 1914 -1918, Dudley Ward. France & Flanders. ISBN: 0-9525408-3-5. 1995 reprint of 1928 original.
  • Vol III, 1915 -1918, Dudley Ward. Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria. ISBN: 0-9525408-4-3. 1995 reprint of 1929 original
Huw Daniel
Royal Welch Fusiliers. Tempus Publishing's "Images of Wales series, 2001. Compiled by Peter Crocker and David Bownes from the collection at the RWF Museum. ISBN: 0-7524-2061-5         Huw Daniel
A History of the 38th Welsh Division [WWI] Ray Westlake.         Huw Daniel
"Stand Down". Orders of battle for the units of the Home Guard of the United Kingdom, November 1944 By L.B. Whittaker ISBN: 1-871167-14-0             Huw Daniel
Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-18. Reginald H.W. Cox. ISBN: None (published in America)     Huw Daniel
Battle Honours of The British and Commonwalth Armies by Anthony Baker          Huw Daniel
History of The British Army Infantry Collar Badge by Colin Churchill published by The Naval & Military Press Uckfield Sussex TN22 5QE
ISBN: 1-897632-69-X  , first pub: 2001         
Huw Daniel
Campaign Medals of the British Army [ 1815-1972] R W Gould.       Huw Daniel
English & Welsh Infantry Regiments   An Illustrated Record of Service 1662-1994. By Ray Westlake         ISBN - 1-873376-24-3         Huw Daniel
Collecting Shoulder Titles by Ray Westlake ISBN 0-85052-505-5         Huw Daniel
Badges of Office(An illustrated guide to the helmets and badges of the British Police Force 1829 to 1989) ISBN - 0-901718-52-1 by M.B. Taylor & V.L. Wilkinson . Gives a photo illustration of every known Police Cap Badge in use from 1829 to 1989 as well as the amalgamation dates of all the Police Forces of the British Isles. It also gives the genealogy of each "modern" police force.          Huw Daniel
Badges of the British Army [ 1820- 1960] F Wilkinson.       Huw Daniel
Head-Dress Badges of the British Army, Vol 1.Up to the end of the Great War. Vol 2 WWI to present day. By Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King             Huw Daniel
Brasseys History of Uniforms. [WWI British Army]. Stephen Bull.       Huw Daniel
Divisional & Other Signs by V. WHEELER-HOLOHAN. Published in 1920, and re-published in 1992, it`s a fully illustrated (Black & White) collection of every known Corp, Division, Australian, New Zealandand Canadian forces "sign" used in WWI. Where known it lists the history of the adoption of the sign and usually the designer credited with its design.     Huw Daniel
Admiralty Ships Badges, Original Patterns, 1919-1996   Two volumes.         Huw Daniel
British Regiments 1914-1918, by Brigadier E.A. James.  ISBN: 0-906304-03-2. Details exactly where each British unit was during the duration of WWI including all territorial units that served overseas.       Huw Daniel
The Order of Industrial Heroism by W.H. Fevyer, J. W. Wilson and J. E. Cribb. ISBN: 0-9539207-0-4. Lists the citations for each of the 440 medals issued by the Daily Herald and commonly referred to as "The Workers VC".         Huw Daniel

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Books etc - Industrial

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Coal Mining, A Reader for Primary Schools and Evening Continuation Classes By Henry Davies; published by The Welsh Educational Publishing Co, Merthyr Tydfil, 1904. There is a substantial extraction from this book on  GENUKI  
Chronology of the Tinplate Works of Great Britain, by Edward Henry Brooke ,1944. Appendix ; Chronology of Tinplate Works of Great Britain 1665-1949 E. H. Brook 1949           Pat Morris
Coal Society. A History of the South Wales Mining Valleys 1840-1980. David Egan. See a brief review and list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page             Gareth Hicks  or   Huw Daniel
Collieries of Wales [Engineering and Architecture]. Edited for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales by Stephen Hughes, Brian Malaws, Medwyn Parry and Peter Wakelin .Published 1994? ISBN 1871184118. There is an introduction to the book  with chapter headings on  Gareth's Help Page. There is an index to the photographs and diagrams in the book compiled by by Gareth Hicks on   INDEX          Gareth Hicks   or  Huw Daniel 
Small Mines of South Wales   by A.J. Booth              Huw Daniel
Pioneers of the Welsh Coalfield [Western Mail 1925] by Elizabeth Phillips            Selwyn Davies
Welsh Coal Mines [ National Museum of Wales ]           Huw Daniel
Disasters in the Eastern Valley Coalfield[Monmouthshire] by Brian Foster           Selwyn Davies
Mining Deaths in Great Britain  1850-1914  by Ian Winstanley            Huw Daniel
Llafur- Journal of Welsh Labour History, Vol 5/1 1988. See a list of chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page           Gareth Hicks
Miners against Fascism by Hywel Francis            Selwyn Davies
British Volunteers in Spain 1936-1939 by Bill Alexander          Selwyn Davies
Welsh Industrial Housing 1775 - 1875   by Jeremy Lowe            Huw Daniel
The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 by R.Merfyn Jones UWP         Raynor LEWIS
Industries of Wales , [Archive Photographic Series], variable amount of  supporting  text.           Huw Daniel

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Books etc - The Sea

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Cymru A'R Mor, Maritime Wales vol 5, published 1980            Phil Roderick
The Welsh Dockers by Philip Leng published 1981            Phil Roderick
The Trinity House Petitions - Index published by the SOG.  Gives information on all petitions related to merchant seamen held by the SOG. Useful for those with seagoing ancestors who may have applied for assistance from Trinity House          Bob Sanders
Lloyd's Captains Register 1869 A list of all Master Mariners who held a British Master's Certificate in 1869 and were still active at sea. Many US & Irish born Masters as well as those from the old empire (eg Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Maltese) are included as they held British Certificates. The index gives the year of birth, place of birth, date & number of the certificate and in most cases a list of the ships sailed between obtaining the certificate and 1869 with their numbers and the type of voyage eg Coastal, Baltic, North America, East Indies etc.            Bob Sanders
My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman. By Chris & Michael Watts. Details of sources for research on seamen.           Bob Sanders
Welsh Shipping - Forgotten Fleets   by P M Heaton  1989. Biographical details restricted mainly to owners & managers, and details of ships owned. Online ;  INDEX  compiled by David Webb Lookups not available
Welsh Sail . By Susan Campbell-Jones. Published by Gomer 1976. ISBN 0 85088 353 9. An online  INDEX    compiled by MJS. Mary Jane Stephenson
The Navy 1881 census  index listings          Huw Daniel

THE SAILING PILOTS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. 
ISBN 0 7153 7373 0. 
Library of Congress Catalog card No. 77-73588. 
P.J. STUCKLEY 1977. 

CONTENTS 
    *   THE ORIGINS OF THE PILOT SERVICE 
    *   THE BOATS 
    *   THE   SWANSEA  PILOT BOATS 
    *   HOW THE BOATS WERE BUILT 
    *   LIFE IN A BRISTOL  CHANNEL PILOT SKIFF 
    *   A NEWPORT PILOT REMEMBERS 
    *   SIXTY YEARS OF BARRY PILOTAGE 
    *   WRECK AND RESCUE 
    *   PILOTS PLEASURES 
    *   THE REVOLT AT PILL –AND AMALGAMATION 
    *   NOTES AND REFERENCES 
    *   APPENDIX: 
    *   BRISTOL CHANNEL PILOTAGE ACTS (NEWPORT)  1807-1921 

It has a lot of family names and buisnesses boat builders  etc.
Anybody with an interest I will read through and check for names etc
PORTS INCLUDE:
Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Barry, Cardiff, Newport, Gloucester,  Sharpness, Bristol.

 

Robert Alun Chick

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Books etc - Research Aids [Wales]

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The LDS has included the 1881 British census (excluding Scotland) on its Family Search site, free searches.

Parish Registers of Wales by C.J.Williams & J.Watts-Williams .Second edition 2000.
Please note this book simply tells you where the registers of individual parishes are held 
Julie Preston   
Nonconformist Registers of Wales by Dafydd Ifans 1994.
Please note this book simply tells you where the registers of individual chapels are held  - it does not give the details of the register entries.     
Julie Preston 
Welsh Family History- 2nd edition  1998.   A Guide to Research by  various authors. Published by the Assoc. of Family History Societies of Wales and the FFHS          Julie Preston               
The Surnames of Wales  for family historians and others, by John & Sheila Rowlands 1996. A description / analysis of  the development of surnames within Wales down to modern times .          Raynor Lewis  or  Julie Preston
Welsh Surnames  by T J Morgan & Prys Morgan           Huw Daniel
How Household Names Began  by Maurice Baran         Huw Daniel
Calendar of Deeds & Documents at the National Library of Wales, Vol 1 -The Coleman  Deeds Detailed index of all Deeds & Documents in the collection covering all counties of Wales plus some English Counties. Gives names of all parties to the deeds and brief details of the transactions concerned. For Glamorgan the period covered is from 1442 to 1864.     Bob Sanders
The Return of Owners of Land 1873  All Welsh counties apart from MON         Sue Martin  
Welsh Place Names & Their Meanings (Booklet) by Dewi Davies no date        Katy Jenkins
Welsh Place Names , their meanings explained  by E M Davies          Huw Daniel
National Library of Wales.  Manuscripts and Records. An online searchable index of Marriage Bonds and Allegations.It contains details of some 90,000 marriages by licence which took place in Wales between 1616 and 1837.  
West Wales Historical Records By Francis Green c 1920 in 14 volumes. There is a list of the contents  of each volume, and places where they are kept, online  INDEX . no lookups available
"List of Welsh Entries in the Memoranda Rolls 1282-1343" by Natalie Fryde published by Cardiff University of Wales Press1974, indexed             Elaine Barsosky

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Directories etc

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The Gazetteer of Welsh Place Names was prepared by The Language and Literature Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales. It was edited by Elwyn Davies. This copy  is the 3rd edition from 1967. It was reprinted in paperback in 1996. ISBN 0-7083-1038-9           Susan Southcombe
The June Edition of the Post Office London Directory 1846; an Official Directory, Commercial Directory, Court Directory, Parliamentary Directory etc. Inquiries should be specific, no blanket requests please .           Tricia Heseltine
Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1893, by Bartholomew             Arlene Berta
A Directory of WALES: Part 1 Extracted from the Universal British Directory 1793-1798.An eighteenth century record of the Gentry, Clergy, Lawyers, Physics and the  General Traders of NORTHERN & CENTRAL WALES (Clywd / Gwynedd / Dyfed / Powys) .Published and Printed  in 1998 by B & H Preston, 19 Blythe Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset             Glenda Garrelts Mattes
Pigot & Co. Directory for Monmouthshire - 1830 and 1842/44.           Brian Comley
Pigot & Co Commercial Directory {Wales & Border counties] 1996         Selwyn Davies
Kelly's Directory of South Wales  1904                      Selwyn Davies
Kelly's Directory for South Wales for 1910                Brian Comley        
Kelly's Directory for South Wales for 1923.                Brian Comley
Slaters Directory of South Wales 1858-1859             Pat Sewell
Trade Directories of North & South Wales 1813-20   Gill Cash
Pigot & Co`s British Atlas of Counties of England - 1840 (ISBN -1-85833-659-7). It does include Monmouth           Huw Daniel
Welsh Tourist Information Centres    Addresses and telephone numbers             Huw Daniel

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The Genealogical Services Directory 5th ed.- full of addresses for County FHS's, Specialist FHS's, One Name Socs, Record Offices - in fact anything genealogical you can think of.         >Susan Southcombe

 

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