Caernarfonshire is renowned for its lovely countryside, castles, fishing villages and, of
course, its charming traditions and Welsh costume. This website is part of the WalesGenWeb project and is designed to help those researcing their family history in the county. If you have any ideas or suggestions of links that you would like to see on this website then please email me. Queries relating to specific families should go to the Query Forum.
We now have a section on Homepages. If you have a homepage relating to your Caernarfonshire
genealogy and would like a link to it on this site, please email me with details.
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THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
hold all the Certificates of Birth, Death and Marriage for England and Wales since 1837. They also hold Adoption Certificates. For details
of Postal Applications and Certificate Fees click here
Census Online
Online census records for Caernarfonshire
FreeBMD (Births, Marriages and Deaths Database)
hosted by Graham Hart, Ben Laurie and Camilla von Massenbach for Rootsweb
Ancestry.co.uk
Full access to Census records for Wales (1901, 1891, 1881, 1871 and 1861)
Genealogylinks.net
Links to Caernarfonshire resources, Cemetery records, Census records etc.
Online Welsh Names Research Directory
Search the list to see if anyone else is researching the same surname as you.
Gwynedd Family History Society
Caernarvon Traders, hosted by Keith Morris
Includes transcriptions of the various Trade Directories covering the town of Caernarfon,
and a full transcription of the 1794 Caernarfon Town Census.
Welsh Mariners Website
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.
Welsh Patronymics, hosted by Helen Jones
Latin Words to Recognise in old parish registers hosted by Rootsweb as part of the FreeREG Project
Times Past - dedicated to the preservation of old images of North Wales. Images of the towns, villages and areas where your ancestors lived.
Old Photographs of the United
Kingdom A non-commercial, free to view website.
Gathering the Jewels
Gathering the Jewels is a unique and exciting project aiming to put over 20,000 images of
Welsh culture and history on the Internet.
Caernarfon - Down Memory Lane, hosted by Dafydd Williams
Old school photographs, stories, help page, cofi slang-nicknames and many more items
A Visitor' Guide to North Wales and Cheshire, including Genealogy
Free Historic Maps
1st edition 1:10560 maps of the whole country which are free to view and print for personal
use
Antony Lambert's Certificate Service
Antony runs a low cost 'not for profit' B D & M Certificate Service for those overseas:
Pay with a Non Sterling cheque and get them direct from the local office of the
Superintendent Registrar.
BMD-Certificates Order UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) birth, marriage or death certificates. Serves UK, European and International customers.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Data Wales : Includes Special Interests, History and Culture, Maps, Travel and Tourism.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Caryl's Place : UK and Ireland Genealogy
British Counties, Parishes, Etc. for Genealogists by Jim Fisher
Rank, Professions, Occupations and Trades, compiled by John Hitchcock
British Library Newspaper Library
Secondhand Books
Ulverston Heritage Centre have used books for sale on many areas of the UK
Cumbria Ancestral Research
Research Service and Photography Service in Cumbria, England
Ancestral Eye
Photography Service - The service specialises in the ancestral towns, villages
and landscape of Wales and also other parts of the UK.
A Guide to information contained in Birth, Death and Marriage certificates
Compiled by Norman Buckley
HOMEPAGES
THE PARRY/HUGHES FAMILY TREE - hosted by Steve Trotter Surnames : Fisher, Foulkes, Hughes, Jones, Newton, Owens, Parry, Pimlott, Roderick, Trotter, Walch and Williams
ANCESTORS OF EIFION AP GWILYM Surnames index: Catherine, Deeley, Deley, Gwilym, Jane, Jones, Mann, Maria, Mary, Oliver, Owen, Williams
JONES family of Llanfairfechan - hosted by Heather Jones DeGeorge
ROBERTS Families of Caernarfonshire - hosted by John Roberts A site for all those with Roberts ancestors from the area. Includes beautiful photos and old postcards of Caernarfonshire places and scenery, plus a number of links to other Caernarfonshire web sites.
RICHARDS Family from North Wales and Caernarfonshire - hosted by David A. Richards
Surnames include Williams, Owens, Lewis, Parry, Jones and Hughes
QUERY FORUMS
ANCESTRY.COM - CAERNARFONSHIRE QUERY FORUM
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