URLs, relating to Merioneth as a whole or to Merioneth as
a part of Wales
Merionethshire
is a county created in 1283 after the conquest of The Principality of
Wales in 1282. The County existed until 1974 when it became part
of the new counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd.
Two Family History Societies serve Merionethshire:
Gwynedd FHS
http://www.gwynedd.fsbusine.co.uk/
Which covers the majority of the old county
and Clwyd FHS
http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/index.shtml
Which covers the western commote of Edeirnion
The split between Gwynedd and Clwyd broadly reflects the boarder
of the two
Anglican Diocese of North Wales; Bangor
and Saint Asaph.
For the sake of convenience all Merionethshire parish records
in the Diocese
of Bangor are seen as the responsibility of Gwynedd FHS
and those of St
Asaph are the responsibility of Clwyd,
so some PR's covering the post 1974 Gwynedd Local Authority area which
were in the Diocese of St Asaph have been transcribed and may be
purchased from Clwyd FHS, for example, Llanuwchllyn.
Here are some URLs and contacts that cover the Whole of Merionethshire
or cover Merionethshire as part of Wales
Mailing lists:
WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE (Rootsweb)
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE.html
A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the pre-1974
county of Merionethshire, Wales
WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE (Britgen)
http://www.british-genealogy.com/mailman/listinfo/wls-merionethshire
This mailing list is specifically for those with interests in family
history, geography, history, etc. in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.
FRONGOCH-WALES
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/FRONGOCH-WALES.html
Descendants of the residents of Frongoch farm in North Wales (3 miles
from Bala) which traces its history back to the 14th Century.
Documentation that one's family actually lived on this farm is needed.
WLS-GWYNEDD
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/WLS-GWYNEDD.html
A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of
Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, which includes the historical counties
of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
GWREIDDIAU
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GWREIDDIAU.html
A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Wales
The language for the list is Welsh.
WALES-GEN
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/WALES-GEN.html
A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Wales.
The language for the list is English.
WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-L
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY.html
A mailing list for anyone with both an historical and genealogical
interest=20in Wales. This list will discuss local history and
historical events about any area of Wales, or about Wales in general.
The affects on our ancestors, the environment in which they lived, the
food they ate, the stories they told and the different conditions
between other areas of Wales. Anything historical is on topic.
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Websites
North Wales BMD (includes Merionethshire)
http://www.northwalesbmd.org.uk/index.html
GENUKI
Wales:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/
Merionethshire:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/
UK Genealogy.co.uk
Page for Merionethshire
http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/mer.htm
Hello Hugh,
I must say that I was pretty peeved when I heard that you had taken
over theMerioneth Gen web pages.
The old pages were not of much use, and as I have thousands of
pages of transcriptions and historical data relating to the county that
are hanging about all over the place, I asked Rootsweb about the
Merionethshire Genweb some six months ago, seeing it as the ideal place
to bring all my stuff together,
but was told that it was taken. However, no hard feelings, good
luck to you
with the venture - it can only be an improvement on the past effort.
Here are some URLs, relating to Merioneth as a whole or to Merioneth as
a pa
rt of Wales, I will send you some local specific ones in a seperate
mailing.
AOL has the ability to make a mess of links, so if the ones quoted
don't wor
k for you or are covered in unusable HTML code, let me know and I will
send
the details again as a plain text attachment
All the best
Alwyn
Hugh Watkins,
host
posted February 29 2004 - site map of
Merionethshire WalesGenWeb