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Wills and Probate Records at the NLW.   Wills, which were proved in the Welsh ecclesiastical courts before the introduction of Civil Probate on 11 January 1858, have been deposited in the Library. The old indexes produced by the courts themselves have now been replaced by a new online index.

The Edwards Millions. Glamorgan Records Office's leaflet explaining this subject

Surname Navigator   Single (free) searches of multiple online databases, including;- CGI & Ancestral File (LDS Mormons); Google; Google News Gen; Rootsweb Message Boards; 1881 census; Ancestry Com.

Surnames Profiler  - " details the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic, in order to understand patterns of population movement, social mobility, regional economic development and cultural identity. "

Welsh Surname List - an all Wales surnames list provided by John Ball on his Welsh Family History Archives site.

Online Welsh Names Directory by Graham Jaunay

Timeline of genealogically interesting dates by Gareth Hicks

Here is the text of a Guide to Welsh genealogy produced by Daniel Parry, and an account of the problems of using the IGI for early Welsh records.

The BBC's family history site

John Ball's Welsh Family History Archive provides some very useful material and links for those with Welsh ancestry.

Researchers may be interested in the Wales GenWeb pages.

Details of upcoming United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogical Events (GENEVA).

Pedigrees and Coats of Arms in Wales. A Data Wales site

There are a variety of genealogy mailing lists covering the counties of Wales, for details see Genuki

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[ Last updated: 1 Dec 2009  -  Gareth Hicks]