Glamorgan Family History Links

Discover more about Glamorgan and your Genealogy

Here are some useful websites for you to add to your bookmarks or favourites:

LookupExchange. This is a database of reference works/books which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries
Genuki Wales Many sets of official records were kept for England and Wales together, so that the problems of locating them and using them are very similar in the two countries.
Gareth's Help PageStarting Family History? Gareth has an excellent guide to aid the Beginner here.
GENUKI's Glamorgan page full of lively information related to all of Glamorgan.
GENUKI's Register Office addresses index of English and Welsh Register Offices
GENUKI's Civil Registration in England & Wales page other Civil Registration areas in England and Wales
GENUKI Contents pages of GenUKi Contents and Structure for the British Isles
Map of Glamorgan showing parishes of Glamorgan, with the start date of their parish registers
Map of Cardiff Alan Gresley - who is the Admin for the Wisbech & Fens Mailing List has a Map of Cardiff with other maps, on this website.
Anecdotal Cardiff ~ the beginning of a collection of oral history recordings from Cardiff residents who came into Central Library and talked about their memories.
Glamorgan Families site Surnames Interest website, Teuluoedd Morgannwg/ Glamorgan Families.
Online Welsh Names website. a list of surnames of pre 1974 Welsh counties.
Glamorgan Family History Society [GFHS] For Beginners to Family History there is also a very good guide to aid the Beginner here.
Glamorgan Surname Interests. A site for Glamorgan Surnames being researched can be found on the Glamorgan FHS Website. Although the List of Surnames being researched is open to all, please note that only Members of the Glamorgan Family History Society [GFHS] are able to access the list of postal addresses of these researchers.
Articles related to Surnames
Rootsweb Surname List
Deric John's Place Names ~ Some place-names in South Wales.
Family History ~ an excellent BBC website.
Federation of Family History Societies [FFHS] 'First Steps' on how to begin your Family History.
Should I join a Family History Society? FFHS Research Tips.

Record Office, Libraries, Museums and Mailing Lists

Glamorgan Record Office [GlamRO] The Archive Office for the City and County of Cardiff, County Borough Councils of Bridgend, Caerphilly (for the former Rhymney Valley District Council area), Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan Archive Service has detailed information about its holdings and is the Archive Office for the City and County of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Glamorgan Rootsweb Mailing List Archives Search the Archive of Messages for GLAMORGAN Mailing List.
Guild Of One-Name Studies[GOONS]
Rootsweb's Home Page loads of information on Mailing Lists, free webspace and Getting Started etc.,
Rootsweb's Index of e-mail Discussion Lists A complete index to RootsWeb's 29,889 genealogy mailing lists!
Malcolm's List Etiquette and more:-
Llanciach House - one of the finest examples of a semi-fortified manor house in Wales
Welsh Folk Museum - Museum of Welsh Life.

Further Research

Family Search Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: [LDS] (also known as Mormons) contains the IGI, the 1881 census and other data.
Cyndi's List:- Worldwide Genealogy
Free BMD The excellent and highly recommended Free Births Marriages and Deaths Index. [FreeBMD]to the GRO Indexes [not yet complete but improving all the time.]
Society of Genealogists [SoG]

Publications of practical help

Family Tree Magazine - a journal for those who have done some Family history.
For Beginner's to this wonderful hobby try the sister magazine 'Practical Family Tree' ~ [Both magazines highly recommended by Jill ] There are of course Australian and American publications of a like magazine.

Photographic websites

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ~ Search their records and view the new History site.
World War 1 Photos - British Legion site - featured World War I music and songs.
The War Graves Photographic Project in association with the CWGC. This site also arranges Tours of War Graves.
Barrians in The Great Wars of the 20th Century. ~ Memories of people of Barry's Wartime Service wanted.
Lost Generation of the First World War. Search Names and Memorials or add a person or memorial.

John Ball's Homepage an excellent website full of interest
Images of Wales site Many beautiful photos of Welsh places that John has visited.
Phil Evans' Photographic Archives of the United Kingdom. ~ An interesting website that Phil has compiled. Some nice old photos of Wales.
Jo & Ian Jeremiah's Pages ~ Wales & Borders.
Barry Needle's South Wales in focus ~ beautiful images of Wales
Tom Clemett's History of Barry ~ an excellent site of stories and photographs about Barry.
Roger Vaughan's' site ~ help to date your photos.
Celtic Visions photographs of Wales ~ Jason Beynon's wonderful Welsh images.

Please note - We have listed the above links as a general guide to some useful sites. They are not the only sites available, nor are we expressing any kind of recommendation or approval [except where noted] of the above to the detriment of other sites.