Glamorgan Genealogy Research Links
Welsh Genealogy
We offer some links to websites that we have found most helpful in our research.
Glamorgan Family History Society - The official site of the Glamorgan Family History Society
Genealogy UK Information - Genealogical Information about the whole of the UK
GenFair - more than 15,000 items from over 100 suppliers of Family History and Local History publications
Parish Chest - Family History Market place selling genealogy publications, etc.,
Genealogy Printers - the leading Family Tree Printing Company in the U.KGlamorgan Record Office - collects, preserves and makes available to the public, documents relating to the historic county of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan Archive Service - County Hall, Oystermouth Road, Swansea
National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales. Aberystwyth - access to books, maps, manuscripts, archives, pictures, photographs and electronic resources relating to Wales
Archives in South and West Wales - a guide to the main stream records most likely of interest to family history researchers-information on libraries with genealogical materials in Wales
Welsh Chapels and Churches - a website of photographs of welsh chapels and churches.
Archives Network Wales - collections of documents held by Record Offices, universities and other bodies in Wales.
Other Welsh websites of interest
Whitchurch & Llandaff North - excellent website by Steve Nicholas on the suburbs of Cardiff. Steve sells many book on the area too.
Welsh Family History Archive - John Balls great website. Loads of good quality photos of Wales, how to pronounce Welsh names etc., A recommended browse!
Penrhys Cemetery Index David Jones has this website. Penrhys is in the Rhondda Valley, the old parish of Ystradyfodwg. It is a great help to have online indexed cemeteries.
Welsh Gifts
Welsh Gifts & Mementoes - something for everyone.Giftware Wales - Online Gift shop for Welsh Gifts, including clothes
Welsh Love spoons - A young man would spend many hours decoratively carving the handle of the wooden spoon as a token of his love and affection for the girl he hoped to marry.