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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 ;
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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 .
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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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|
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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| 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:
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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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| 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
|
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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| 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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| 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 |
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THE SAILING PILOTS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. It has a lot of family names and buisnesses boat builders
etc.
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Robert Alun Chick |
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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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| 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
Please contact Dai Bevan if you are willing to add your name to this list.