Wales

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GENUKI Family History and Genealogy Societies in Wales.

National Library of Wales. Electronic resources include the Digital Mirror with online books, manuscripts and maps. Online databases include Crime and Punishment 1730-1830 (see Convicts), index of applicants for marriage licences 1616-1837, manorial documents register and an index to pre-1858 wills and administrations proved in Wales.

FamilySearch by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This site features free, searchable Historical Record Collections . The record collections for Europe include:
• Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907
• Wales Deaths and Burials, 1586-1885
• Wales Marriages, 1541-1900
• Wales, Glamorgan Marriages, 1837-1922
• Wales, Probate Abstracts, 1544-1858

Gathering the Jewels features over 30,000+ images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, archives and libraries throughout Wales.

Cardiganshire Family History Society.

Carmarthenshire Family History Society offers members access to a variety of online databases and images.

Clwyd Family History Society for research in Flintshire, Denbighshire and parts of Merionethshire. Includes photographs of every parish church in north-east Wales.

Dyfed Family History Society for research in Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

Glamorgan Family History Society

Gwent Family History Society for research in the county of Monmouthshire.

Gwynedd Family History Society. Covers the pre 1974 counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, parts of Denbighshire and most of Merionethshire.

Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society.

Powys Family History Society for research in Breconshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.

Powys Heritage Online. The history of mid-Wales from photographs, documents, maps and museum exhibits. This site offers access to several projects including the Powys Digital History Project for schools; Powys: A Day in the Life Project 1891; Six Powys Communities Online (featuring the history of six communities) and a link to the Powys County Archives Office.

Coalfield Web Materials. This site provides a unique insight into the social, political and cultural life of the South Wales Coalfield during the 19th and 20th centuries. The site is based on the holdings of the South Wales Coalfield Collection at the University of Wales.

Cymdeithas Madog, The Welsh Studies Institute in North America. This site features a large collection of Welsh links.

RootsWeb Wales (30) Mailing Lists. A great way to find others with similar research interests.

Wales Genealogy Forum where you can post and view messages.

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