North American Festival of Wales 2015 Saturday seminar

1. Welsh Family History
Online

5. Findmypast: the good, the bad and the ugly
http://www.findmypast.com
• Wales parish registers (also on FamilySearch)
• Census 1841-1911 (also on FamilySearch for free & Ancestry for $$$)
• Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960
• Non-conformist births, baptisms, burials and marriages before 1837
(TNA RG4-RG8 records)

6. Findmypast: the good, the bad and the ugly
http://www.findmypast.com
• Death Duty Registers 1796-1903
• National Burial Index (unique to findmypast)
• 1939 National Registration (expect this to be released sometime in 2015)
(unique to findmypast)
• Periodical Source Index (Persi) images to articles are being linked on FMP

14. National Library of Wales

15. National Library of Wales
• Wills and Probate Records: Pre 1858 probates searchable by name,
parish, township, occupation
• Welsh Newspapers Online 1804-1919 (FREE):
http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/home
• Archives and Manuscripts (includes marriage bonds & allegations:
http://isys.llgc.org.uk/

16. National Library of Wales
• Crime and Punishment (Court of Great Session Gaol files 1730-1830)
http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm
• Welsh Biography Online: http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/index.html
• Welsh Journals Online: http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/

38. With the details found in the catalog extract you can
decide whether to examine the original document.

44. Genuki

59. • Record Search
• Family Tree
• Family History Library Catalog
• FamilySearch Books
• FamilySearch Wiki
• England & Wales Jurisdictions 1851
• Community Trees

60. • Wales parish register indexes
• Census 1841-1911
• Wales Probate Abstracts 1544-1858 (all name indexes in a browse image collection)
• England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
• Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907 (should include some Bishop’s Transcripts)
• Wales Marriages, 1541-1900 (should include some Bishop’s Transcripts)
• Wales, Court and Miscellaneous Records, 1542-1911
• Wales, Glamorgan, West Glamorgan, Electoral Registers, 1839-1925

61. What does
an American
do with this?

62. FamilySearch Research Wiki
A free collection of
family history articles
provided by family
history enthusiasts
from around the world

67. Where can you learn
how to search for an
immigrant ancestor?

74. http://histfam.familysearch.org/

80. Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Wales

85. This website allows you to build a story around a topic or
ancestor and view information created by others.

86. Search or browse existing collections for items of interest or create your own collection

87. Google Books

90. The National Archives (TNA) & A2A
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/