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Caernarvonshire Towns & Parishes |
"The County of CARNARVAN is 93 Miles in Circumference, contains about 307000 Acres, 6 Market Towns, and only one Borough [viz. Carnarvan which is the County town] 68 Parishes & about 2765 Houses. The Air is sharp & Cold for ye Country rises into very high Mountains, which are full of Lakes & Rocks, ye highest in Wales; & not improperly called ye British Alps. yet there are many fruitfull Bottoms, & pleasant Valleys. It is plentifull in Cattle, Fowl, Fish & Wood." [Emanuel Bowen, Britannia Depicta, 1720]
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Gwynedd Archives Service - Includes Gwynedd Archives' On-line Catalogue service. Currently (5/04), 12,000 pages from their catalogues have been loaded into the online database. Additionally, 2,000 images have been added to the on-line collection. There is also a growing section relating to their Collections
Conwy County Archives
The Old Board School, Lloyd Street, Llandudno, LL30 2YG Tel.: (01492) 860882
email: archifau.archives@conwy.gov.uk
Llandudno Library
Mostyn Street, Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 2RS, Tel.: 01492574020
Deganwy Library
Station Road, Deganwy, LL31 9EX, Tel.: (01492) 584705; Email: llyfr.lib.deganwy@conwy.gov.uk
Caernarfonshire County Library Papers and Miscellanea 1883-1973 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
The National Archives has details of many archive repositories in the UK with links to their web sites, if any.
Familia- list of genealogical resources in Public Libraries in Great Britain and Ireland
A Caernarfonshire Bibliography - Books of General Interest for Family Historians
It is acknowledged that the principal source of the details of books etc included on these pages is the online catalogues of the National Library of Wales
Gwynedd Family History Society have an online listing of their extensive library of books
Gwynedd Family History Society have published a selection of Memorial Inscription indexes
The UK BMD web site offers links to over 400 web sites that provide on-line information for UK births, marriages and deaths and censuses.
There are census transcriptions on the following parish pages;- Abergwyngregin 1851; Bangor 1851 ; Betws Garmon 1851 ; Llanddeiniolen 1851 ; Llandegái 1851 ; Llandwrog ; Llanfaglan ; Llanfair-is-gaer 1851 ; Llanllechid 1851 ; Llanrug ; Llanwnda .
There are 1861-1891 census transcriptions for many parishes on the Llyn Peninsula on the Rhiw.com site
Gwynedd Family History Society have published a selection of census indexes
You may also find it worthwhile searching in the GENUKI church database.
Caernarvonshire Church Plans online
Gwynedd Family History Society have a map of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarvonshire (Publications) on which there are links to photographs of some parish churches.
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.
Parish register copies (Caernarvonshire) in the library of the Society of Genealogists.
The FreeReg site has a list of churches and chapels in the county
Capeli Llyn - Llyn Nonconformist chapels - on the Penllyn.com site
Gwynedd Family History Society have published a selection of Baptism and Marriage Indexes
National Library of Wales Manuscripts and Records. An online searchable index of Marriage Bonds and Allegations.It contains details of some 90,000 marriages by licence which took place in Wales between 1616 and 1837.
Listings of (present-day) Clerics, Benefices, and parishes of the Diocese of Bangor
Esgobaeth Bangor Diocese - History of the Diocese
IGI and Familysearch Here is the searchable LDS website
IGI Batch Numbers-British Isles
It is not always easy to locate your ancestors on the IGI using the search mechanisms provided at the above LDS site. Manually typing the batch numbers into the IGI search screen can be tedious. Hugh Wallis has made an exhaustive search of the likely ranges of batch numbers and created a database of those numbers and the source records that they apply to. A very powerful feature included is a hotlink from each batch number to the actual search engine provided at the Family Search site, including the ability to enter the surname you are looking for. This makes it very easy to search all the batches for a particular geographic location using just the last name you are searching for - something that is not possible directly from the LDS site without doing a lot of typing. Here is Hugh Wallis's site
The UK BMD web site offers links to over 400 web sites that provide on-line information for UK births, marriages and deaths and censuses.
Brett Langston has provided details of the Registration Districts in Caernarvonshire for the period 1837 to 1930.
Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from the Superintendent Registrars at the following District Register Offices:
If ordering from a District Office, please note the following: (a) the cost of a certificate is currently £7.00 - send a Sterling cheque payable to the Superintendent Registrar plus return postage or two International Reply Coupons; (b) the St Catherine's Index references are of no value; (c) for marriage certificates, the precise place of marriage must be given; (d) Civil Registration in England and Wales began on July 1st 1837.
North Wales BMD Births, Marriages and Deaths on the internet. Clwyd and Gwynedd Family History Societies, and Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society are collaborating with the local Registration Services to make the indexes to these records freely searchable via the Internet. Although the indexes are not yet complete for all years and districts, it is hoped that the database will eventually cover all North Wales births, marriages and deaths for the years 1837 to 1950.
Caernarvonshire - on the Welsh Icons site. Includes the county entry from Samuel Lewis's 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
A Vision of Britain Through Time. "This site contains information about your home area from the 2001 census -- and from every earlier British census back to 1801. It can present this information both as maps of the whole country and as graphs showing change over time in your area. It truly offers a Vision of Britain through time"
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. The Gazetteer compiled by Dr Samantha Letters is a catalogue of markets and fairs in medieval England and Wales. This is the first comprehensive national survey.
The A-Z Guide of the Llyn Peninsula - tourist site
The Penllyn.com site - links to various Llyn community sites and more
The Llyn Peninsula site- " ......... The Llyn Peninsula is one of Wales finest beauty spots. The Llyn Peninsula (the Llyn) is usually defined as the strip of land which is South West of the A487 which runs from Caernarfon to Porthmadog...."
Caernarfonshire - on wikipedia
Caernarfonshire - on Old Uk Photos site
Caernarfonshire items - on the Parishmouse site
Caernarfonshire - on Cyndi's List
The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to Caernarvonshire - transcribed by Colin Hinson.
Tallis's Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales, published in 1860 in six vols, editor E. L. Blanchard.
See Welsh Family History Archive for all the excellent county maps (showing the hundreds) and the alphabetical gazetteer
From the preface;
"In the following pages will be found fully described the past history and present aspect of every place of any significance in England and Wales, forming a work of permanent importance to the commercial world, of ready service to the tourist of the day, and of constant interest to the general reader, who may derive from this source a large supply of entertainment, as well as of information for the amusement and instruction of a leisure hour."
Online Welsh Names Directory by Graham Jaunay
John Fuller has provided full details of the Genealogy Mailing Lists serving this county. This is but a small part of the data available on the "Genealogy Resources on the Internet" pages maintained by John and Chris Gaunt.
Welsh Surname List - an all Wales surnames list provided by John Ball on his Welsh Family History Archive site.
See the All Wales Lookup Exchange gateway page to see whether there is a current Lookup Exchange for this county
Timeline of genealogically interesting dates by Gareth Hicks
Researchers may be interested in the Caernarvonshire GenWeb pages
Gwynedd Family History Society have a history of Wales feature on their site (Publications)
Castles Wales site - Medieval Gwynedd and The Early Welsh Kingdoms, Gwynedd
Historical Notes on the old County of Caernarfonshire - on the British Towns and Villages Network
Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions, private papers - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Miscellaneous Papers being mainly Wynne, Spicer, and Robinson Papers and Papers of the Tre'r dafarn Estate found among the Quarter Sessions Records........."
Records of the Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions, 1546-1795 - on the Gathering the Jewels site
Map of Caernarfonshire in 1833 - Copied from the original in "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" by Samuel Lewis 1833
Map of Carnarvonshire from the Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1885.
Map of Snowdonia, Anglesey, Caernarvon & Merioneth in 1910 on the Baedeker's Old Guide Book site
Gwynedd Family History Society have a map of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarvonshire (Publications)
Welsh county maps by Samuel Lewis and published in 1833
Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England & Wales - Map of Carnarvonshire 1885
Maps of Carnarvonshire on the Carnarvon Traders site
An exceptionally useful set of maps showing parish boundaries, on a one inch to the mile scale, is now available on CD-ROM - see:
Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file] Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.
The Llyn Peninsula and the Sea - on the Rhiw.com site
Survey of 20th century Welsh Seafarers for North-West Wales Papers - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales "The Welsh Seafarers for North-West Wales project recorded the careers of twentieth century seafarers. Forms were distributed via the Caernarfon, Dolgellau and Anglesey Record Offices, with help from local maritime museums and individuals" Caernarfonshire Shipping Registers 1786-1918; 1960 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Beaumaris, Angelsey, was the principal port of North Wales until the Port of Caernarfon was established. Pwllheli was a sub-port of Beaumaris between 1840 and 1844 and a sub-port of Caernarfon after 1844. The ports were responsible to the Crown for the registration of shipping and the collection of duties on imports; their shipping registers record details of vessels including the owner, the master, changes of owner, and the eventual fate of the vessel...."
Lighthouse Personnel in England and Wales and the Channel Islands 1841-1910. Includes;- Table of Keepers; Table of Stations by county; Location map of the lighthouse sites.
Welsh Mariners by Dr Reg Davies---includes a searchable database of over 17,000 Welsh born (or Wales resident) Master mariners, mates and engineers who held certificates of competency or service; in practice it is an index of men active from 1850 to 1945 in the merchant navy.
Gwynedd Archive Services have a substantial collection of the following publications;
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Yr Arweinydd |
Baner ac Amserau Cymru |
Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald |
Caernarfon - Llyn Chronicle |
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Cambrian News |
Y Cymro |
Y Dydd |
Y Ddraig Goch |
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Eco'r Wyddfa |
Y Genedl Gymreig |
Goriad |
Yr Herald Gymraeg |
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Illustrated London News |
Llais Ogwan |
North Wales Chronicle |
North Wales Weekly News |
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Y Rhedegydd |
Y Tyst |
Yr Udgorn |
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Victorian Professional Photographers in Wales 1850-1925 - a county based database compiled by Mari Alderman, includes sources and a bibliography
Metalliferous Mines of Caernarvonshire - on the Peak District Mines Historical Society's site
Slatesite - history, communities, photographs etc
The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales - by David Sallery
The Railways of North Wales - by David Sallery
The Workhouse - on Peter Higginbotham's site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
The Blue Books of 1847. An inquiry into the state of education in Wales - on the NLW's Digital Mirror site
Day Schools in Caernarfonshire in 1847. This database consists of
day schools which existed in 1847 included here within an alphabetical list of parishes
It contains the names and types of day schools listed in the
Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales published in 1847
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