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Wales Member Resources provide information in support of both new and experienced members of the Wales Project to increase your effectiveness.
A series of informative guides have been created with the prefix Wales Guides (WP) which new project members are required to review.
Check back regularly as new information and revisions will be added from time-to-time.
Goals
- - Need help finding your ancestors and relatives who lived in Wales?
- - Looking for additional information on these people?
- - What are the guidelines for writing a profile with a good Biography and Sources?
- - Interested in the current government structure of Wales and its History?
- - Need help interpreting a Welsh language word or phrase?
Those answers and more can be found here.
Questions or Suggestions for this page should be posted in the Comments section.
Getting Started
If you have not done the basic research to develop your family history, read or re-read How to Get Started with Genealogy.
It is important to know the county structure and some of the history of Wales - see Wales Project Historic Counties.
Profile Creation and Maintenance
A well written and sourced profile is a pleasure to see and read.
Profile Edit Coding
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- Example: [[Awbrey-135|Stuart Awbrey]] will appears Stuart Awbrey
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- Example: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales]
- Example: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales]
- Note: a variation is to include the name of the page separated from the URL with 2 spaces.
Example: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales Wales Project] which appears as Wales Project
- Note: a variation is to include the name of the page separated from the URL with 2 spaces.
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- Example:<nowiki>[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales]</nowiki> which appears as [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales] in edit mode
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- Example: <ref>My Brother's Book</ref> will appear numerically under the section Sources as: * My Brother's Book.
Profile Sourcing
Ideally, a profile should have more than one source and the sources should be accessible. The Wales Genealogy Resources section below provides a list of sources which may be helpful in your research.
Additional information on sourcing techniques can be read at Wales Sourcerers Team Guidelines.
Wales Project Profile Improvement Teams
The Wales Project Profile Improvement Teams work towards WikiTree’s goals for quality profiles. Included are:
- Bio-Builders Team works on biographies
- Categories Team develops and assigns categories which assists in the search for profiles with similar characteristics.
- Connectors Team works toward WikiTree’s goal of one tree for the world by connecting individuals and families.
- Data Doctors Team works towards both improving profiles and correcting errors.
- Sourcerers Team works on finding sources for the information on profiles.
Creating A Free-Space Page
A Free-Space page, usually referred to as "space page," has a variety of uses.
Have a lengthy biography, a will or other documents? A profile is more readable when it is properly formatted and not too long. If you have a large amount of text, or a document such as a will, consider using a small description on the profile. The other text can be entered on one or more free-space pages, often referred to only as space page, and linked between the two.
Space pages are used for many other purposes.
How to create a free-space page can be read at Wales Resources - Creating A Free-Space Page.
Stickers/Flags/Icons
The following images may be used appropriately on Wales related profiles.
Stickers - a label which can be added to a profile indicating the person was born in Wales or has ancestors in Wales – see Wales Stickers for usage.
Flags – Governmental Units and Cities of Wales is a collection of the national flag and flags for the Historic Counties. (The name of the page is a carryover from a very early version of the Wales Project).
Images – Wales Image contains the symbols of Wales, maps of Wales, maps of Wales with counties highlighted and other images
Icons – Welsh category useful icons contains 3 historical maps of Wales.
Commemorative Plaques in Wales
This Commemorative Plaques in Wales page identifies people who have a blue plaque or similar commemorative plaque attached to a location in Wales. The aim is to ensure each of these people has a WikiTree profile and a great biography.
Wales Project Historic Counties
The primary location for a Wales based profile is one of these 13 Historic Counties. A history of Wales, including the 13 Historic Counties, can be read at Wales Present and Past
The project has a County Team for each of the historic counties.
- Anglesey
- Brecknockshire
- Caernarfonshire
- Cardiganshire
- Carmarthenshire
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Glamorgan
- Merionethshire
- Monmouthshire
- Montgomeryshire
- Pembrokeshire
- Radnorshire
WikiWales Discord
The Wales Project Discord server is titled WikiWales. Discord is a popular chat program where users can chat by voice or text used by WikiTree. The WikiWales Discord used by the Wales Project has several specific topic channels including the various major teams in the project. Read a complete description at Wales Project WikiWales Discord.
Wales Genealogy Sources
An important part of the process is knowing where to look for information which can be used as sources.
General Search:
- Google – a quick search technique is to use a surname, a full name or a location in a search engine such as Google. To see results from WikiTree, add “wikitree” at the beginning of your search term.
Online Genealogy Sites
- Ancestry.com – probably the largest genealogy web site with over 20 bil records and 100 mil family trees (many are duplicates with variations). You must pay a fee to join.
- FamilySearch - the site is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is free and available to the public. This site can search billions of digital images and indexes of records from all over the world. These records include government and church records for births, marriages, and deaths; censuses; probate records, land records, draft cards; and so forth. Millions of new records are published on a weekly basis.
- Find A Grave – contains over 190 mil personal memorials, 506,000 cemeteries in 244 countries. Registration is free.
- MyHeritage - another web site with family trees. You will need to pay a fee to join.
Online Books and Media
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Bartrum Project– Peter Bartrum has been referred to as “the foremost scholar of medieval Welsh genealogy.” One technique for using the web site is to key in the search box a surname, or some other term, of interest. Other scholars of this period believe Bartrum’s genealogy is sometimes problematic regarding length of time between generations. One critique on this issue can be read at The Bartrum “Welsh Genealogies” by Darrell Wolcott, Center for the Study of Ancient Wales.- Note: The CADAIR website which previously contained Bartrum’s work has been discontinued. No other online source has been found as of January, 2022.
- Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant by G. E. Cokayne (on FamilySearch site) – a very good source for references to the peerage. This link contains links to each of the volumes separately. The following link allows for reading/searching the entire book Google Books
- Internet Archive – this is a non-profit library of millions of books and other information. Registration is free.
- Medieval Londoners – this Fordham University project provides information on Londoners who lived there c. 1100 – 1520.
- The Gazette - UK’s official public record since 1665.
- Hathi Trust – this site is a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of titles. There are multiple ways to login.
- Notes on Medieval English Genealogy – this site offers suggestions on searching Google Books for this period.
- National Portrait Gallery – a search can be made by surname or the name of a location. The database includes a list of originals held in other galleries and libraries.
- People’s Collection Wales – a collection of photographs, documents, audio and video recordings, and stories.
Online Sources
- British History Online – as the name implies, this site contains a large amount of digitized material. A good starting point is to click on “Using BHO.”
- Center for the Study of Ancient Wales – this is a collection of articles, covering individuals, and analyses of genealogy research for the period from about 400 to 1300.
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography - contains over 5,000 concise biographies of individuals who have made a significant contribution to national life, whether in Wales or more widely.
- FamilySearch – contains a large number of records and family trees. Registration is free.
- FamilySearch Research Wiki – this site allows you to begin a search by region or country.
- FamilySearch Wales Genealogy – this link is specific for Wales.
- Medieval Families Welsh Project – Welsh Medieval Database Primarily Nobility and Gentry Lines – a search can be made using several factors to locate people from this period (ignore the pre-loaded list of names and enter your own search criteria.
- Wales Parish Registers – a record of life events in parishes of Wales. Near the bottom of the page are links for various parish registers by county.
- The History of Parliament – search by location or surname for someone who may have served in Parliament. It includes a large amount of information about Parliament.
- The National Archives – London – this source contains many records for Wales and other UK countries. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of their records have not been digitized. Click on the Menu to see a lengthy list of search menus and helps.
- The National Archives - Palaeography – a tutorial on reading of old English handwriting – 1500-1800.
- National Library of Wales - (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) - Many pages are also available in the Welsh language. Links to some of the more popular databases on this site are:
- Click on the Discover tab for a more inclusive list.
- Clicking on the Collections tab is a good place to start your search.
- NLW Welsh Journals published between 1735-2007 – you can enter the name of a person (or just the surname) or a location, etc. under the “Search” heading. The search can be narrowed by selecting the name of a journal from the drop down list.
- NLW Welsh Newspapers – use the same search technique as above.
- Cymru 1914 - reveals “the often hidden history of the First World War as it impacted all of Welsh life, language and culture.”
- Tithe Maps of Wales - search and browse over 300,000 entries and their accompanying apportionment documents using original and present-day maps.
- UKBMD – Births, Marriages, Deaths and Censuses on the Internet – provides links to websites that offer online transcriptions of births, marriages deaths and censuses. It is also a good source for finding locations.
- Welsh Names Resources:
Databases:
- Behind the Name – Welsh Names – provides a list of meanings and spelling variations.
- BillionGraves – a large database of cemetery data. Registration is free.
- Coflein Map – a searchable, expandable map of locations provided by Coflein, a database for the National Monuments Record of Wales.
- Welsh Coal Mines – there are two links related to mining disasters and Memorials which lists deaths by year- and List of Disasters which lists disasters by location.
- Welsh Mariners – two groups can be searched:
- Wikipedia – Welsh Surnames – describes the history of Welsh patronymics.
Additional Resources
- Rick Pierpont has put together several lists of online sources. Two are listed here. There is some duplication among the lists:
- Sources-Family Genealogies – a list of published genealogies by surname in alphabetical order.
- Sources-Wales – a list of sources related to Wales.
- Category-Source – a list of links to pages for countries (including Wales), states and others which contain links to online publications.
- Welsh Patronymic Naming Guidance
Welsh Language Assistance
- Help is available with Welsh-language sources, words or phrases. Contact volunteer Corinne Morris and click on “send private message.”
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