Originally published: Association of Family History Societies of Wales (under the direction of an Editorial Group) and in conjunction with the Federation of Family History Societies (UK), 1993 Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index
Contents:
List of figures (pagesvii) Notes on contributing authors (pagesix) Editorial preface (pagesx) Introduction / Hafina Clwyd (pages1) Archive repositories in Wales / Geoffrey Veysey (pages3) Family history societies of Wales / Stewart Blackwell (pages8) Parish registers and bishop's transcripts / John Watts-Williams (pages13) Civil registration and the census / Sheila Rowlands (pages29) Nonconformity / Muriel Bowen Evans (pages36) The surnames of Wales / Sheila Rowlands (pages57) Place names / Bedwyr Lewis Jones (pages73) Some basic Welsh for family historians / M. Auronwy James (pages81) The IGI for Wales / Chris Pitt Lewis (pages93) Estate records / David W. Howell (pages104) Cont.): Maritime records / Lewis Lloyd (pages123) Wills and other records of inheritance / Gareth Haulfryn Williams (pages140) Education records / David A. Pretty (pages152) Parochial records / John Rowlands (pages166) The Welsh at law / Chris Pitt Lewis (pages181) The records of the courts of great sessions for Wales / Murray Ll. Chapman (pages188) Printed and manuscript pedigrees / Michael P. Siddons (pages209) Migration : some perspectives / W.T. Rees Pryce (pages227) Emigration / David Peate (pages254) The freeholders / Evan L. James (pages269) Miscellaneous sources / D. Emrys Williams and others (pages280) Select bibliography (pages298) Index (pages310)
