Searching for Family and Community History in Wales

by Rheinallt Llwyd, D. Huw Owen

This handbook offers guidance for tracing your ancestors and community history in Wales. Fourteen of Wales' foremost experts on community history have contributed chapters ranging from how to search censuses, estate papers, probate documents, ballads and paintings, to the importance of studying houses and landscape and identifying place-names. Arweinlyfr i ffynonellau hanes lleol ac achau teulu. Amcan y gyfrol hon yw cynnig rhagarweiniad cyffredinol i'r prif ffynonellau sydd ar gael i'r sawl sy'n dymuno olrhain hanes bro a theulu yng Nghymru.

319 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Darris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the top seven books that anyone tracing Welsh family history should read. It is a great companion to Tracing Your Welsh Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians by Beryl Evans.

The chapters on Criminal Records; Estate Papers; and Maps convinced me to re-examine those records more for my own research. The chapters on Photographs and Postcards; Houses and Landscapes; and Oral Testimony opened new options I have not really considered for investigation. I have already ordered two more books referred to by Rheinallt Llwyd in his section on Oral Testimony. The potential to apply so much of what is in this book to my family history research makes it a must have tool for Welsh family and community history.