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.K

Glamorgan 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.