Welsh Genealogy Websites, Books and Organizations

Websites

• 1901 Census for England and Wales Online

<www.census.pro.gov.uk>

• BBC-Wales

<www.bbc.co.uk/wales>

• Cyndi’s List: Wales/Cymru

<www.cyndislist.com/wales.htm>

• Genealogy Wales, Wales/Cymru, the Culture, Language and History of Wales

<members.tripod.com/-Caryl_Williams/index-2.html>

• GENUKI

<www.genuki.org.uk>

• Ninnau: The North American Welsh Newspaper

<www.ninnau.com>

• V Wales Dictionaries

<www.red4.co.uk/welsh/dictionary/dictionaries.htm>

• Wales/Cymru

<britannia.com/celtic/wales>

• Wales Genealogy Links

www.genealogylinks.net/uk/wales

• WalesGenWeb

<www.walesgenweb.com>

• A Welsh Course

<oldweb.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh>

Books

• Beginning Welsh Research, 3rd edition, by Annie Lloyd (self-published, at <www.willowbendbooks.com>)

• Researching Family History in Wales by Jean Istance and E.E. Cann (Federation of family History Societies, at <www.ffhs.co.uk>)

• Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry edited by John and Sheila Rowlands (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• The Surnames of Wales by John and Sheila Rowlands (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Welsh Family History: A Guide to Research, 2nd edition, edited by John and Sheila Rowlands (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Welsh Surnames by T.J. and Prys Morgan (University of Wales Press)

Organizations

• A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives

Wrexham County Borough Museum, County Buildings, Regent Street, Wrexham, Wales LL11 1RB, <www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/archives>

• Anglesey County Record Office

Shire Hall, Glanhwfa Road, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales LL77 7TW, <www.ynysmon.gov.uk/english/library/archives/archives.htm>

• Association of Family History Societies of Wales

Geoff Riggs, Peacehaven, Badgers Meadow, Pwllmeyric, Chepstow, Wales NP16 6UE, secretary@fhswales.info, <www.rootsweb.com/~wlsafhs/English.htm>

• Carmarthenshire Archive Service

Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales SA31 1DS, <www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/locserv_eng/culture/archive.html>

• Ceredigion Archives

County Offices, Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 2DE, <archifdy-ceredigion.org.uk>

• Conwy Archive Service

The Old Board School, Lloyd Street, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales LL30 2YG, <www.conwy.gov.uk/English/2council/library_information_ archives/archservices/Ec3.html>

• Denbighshire County Council Record Office

46 Clwyd St., Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales LL15 1HP, <www.denbighshire.gov.uk>

• Flintshire Record Office

The Old Rectory, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales CH5 3NR, <www.flintshire.gov.uk>: Click on Your Council, Working for You, Services, Archives.

• Glamorgan Record Office

The Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Ave., Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales CF10 3NE, <www.glamro.gov.uk>

• Gwent Record Office

County Hall, Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales NP44 2XH, <www.llgc.org.uk/cac/cac0004.htm>

• Gwynedd County Archives

Caernarfon Branch: County Offices, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales LL55 1SH

Meirionnydd Branch: Cae Penarlag, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales LL40 2YB, <www.gwynedd.gov.uk/adrannau/addysg/archifau/index.english.htm>

• Haverfordwest Library

Dew Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA61 1SU, +44 (0)1437762070

• Madog Center for Welsh Studies

Elizabeth F. Davis House, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH 45674, <www.urgrgcc.edu/madog/english>

• National Archives (Public Record Office)

Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, United Kingdom, <www.nationalarchives.gov.uk>

• The National Library of Wales

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3BU, <www.llgc.org.uk>

• National Welsh American Foundation

Box 1827, Shavertown, PA 18708, <www.wales-usa.org>

• North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History

John Ellis, Box 502, Hartland, Ml 48353, ellisjs@umflint.edu, <spruce.flint.umkh.edu/-ellisjs/naaswch.html>

• Pembrokeshire Record Office

The Castle, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA61 2EF, <www.Ilgc.org.uk/cac/cac0002.htm>

• Powys County Archives Office

County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales LD1 5LG, <archives.powys.gov.uk>

• Wales International

secretary@wales-international.org, <www.wales-international.org>

• The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association

John Ellis, Box 215, Hartland, Ml 48353, <www.wngga.org>

• Welsh-American Genealogical Society

60 Norton Ave., Poultney, VT 05764, wagsjan@sover.net, <www.rootsweb.com/~vtwags>

• West Glamorgan Archive Service

County Hall, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, Wales SA1 3SN, <www.Swansea.gov.uk/archives>

From the February 2004 Family Tree Magazine