Glamorgan, Wales : Classification : Other Records
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| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | The Genealogist Website |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Genealogist Website |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Abandoned Communities Website |
| Link: | http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Abandoned Communities Website |
| Extra Info: | The site commemorates all abandoned communities, those that have been washed into the sea, those that are now at the bottom of reservoirs and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | All at Sea Website |
| Link: | http://www.allatsea.co.za/ |
| Description: | All at Sea Website - Includes Many Maritime Disasters |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Ancestry's Glamorgan Data  |
| Link: | Ancestry's Glamorgan Data |
| Description: | Ancestry's Glamorgan Data Collection |
| Extra Info: | Includes Penrice Castle and Margam Abbey, Wales and England Manuscripts |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Barry, South Wales |
| Link: | http://www.barrywales.co.uk/index.asp |
| Description: | Barry, South Wales |
| Extra Info: | Click on heritage for many articles about Barry over the years. Many old photographs of the area. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Beamish Collections Online |
| Link: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Collection from Beamish Museum |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | BENDING Family History |
| Link: | http://www.jbending.org.uk/ |
| Description: | BENDING Family History |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Bristol University Adventurers List |
| Link: | http://www.bris.ac.uk/hispanic/latin/research.html |
| Description: | Bristol University British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1890 |
| Extra Info: | Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. |
| Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Records |
| Title: | British History Online |
| Link: | http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid... |
| Description: | Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales |
| Extra Info: | Gives dates that the markets started and the value of the towns from lay subsidy rolls. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Link: | http://www.steamindex.com/ |
| Description: | British Steam Locomotive History |
| Extra Info: | Includes biographies of the civil and locomotive engineers and managers and information on the locomotives themselves. May not work properly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
| Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
| Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
| Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online |
| Link: | http://www.swansea.gov.uk/cambrian/ |
| Description: | City and County of Swansea - Cambrian Index Online |
| Extra Info: | Although this just appears to be an index to their journals it has some detailed information to view. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | http://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900, from the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield |
| Extra Info: | Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Convict Trail Project |
| Link: | http://www.convicttrail.org/ |
| Description: | Convict Trail Project - New South Wales |
| Extra Info: | Lists convicts who worked on the Great North Road and the ships they were from. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | DAVIES Family Trees |
| Link: | http://www.clan-davies.org/ |
| Description: | DAVIES Family Trees |
| Extra Info: | Includes a searchable database of Davies, as well as being able to view records by source. Many other names also included. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
| Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
| Extra Info: | Many references to the DIBDEN name. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Se... |
| Description: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index, 1514-1858 |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for index. This index contains wills for some who served on merchant ships, including the East India Company, some who were innkeepers and many more.. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Family Chest Historical Documents |
| Link: | http://www.familychest.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Family Chest Historical Documents - Family Documents and Property Deeds |
| Extra Info: | Free surname search which lists full name, date, place and county. Also a search by county. NOTE: some counties are under other UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Family Deeds Project |
| Link: | http://www.familydeeds.org/ |
| Description: | Family DeedsProject - Many References from Old Deeds and Documents |
| Extra Info: | Many deeds include names, occupations and much more |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.foskett-genealogy.co.uk/ |
| Description: | FOSKETT One Name Study |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK |
| Link: | http://www.mundus.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK |
| Extra Info: | Index of missionaries and families with dates. Index of archives and where to find them. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Gathering the Jewels Website |
| Link: | http://www.gtj.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Gathering the Jewels - The Website for Welsh Cultural History |
| Extra Info: | A whole host of images and artifacts from museums, libraries and records offices in Wales. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Genealogical and Family History Documents |
| Link: | http://www.ancestordocs.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Genealogical and Family History Documents |
| Extra Info: | These documents are for sale but good detail of the contents of each document is available to view. Coverage for each county varies depending on stock available. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Glamorgan Family History |
| Link: | http://www.glamorganfamilyhistory.co.uk/site.html |
| Description: | Glamorgan Family History |
| Extra Info: | Includes many articles about the history of the area. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Link: | http://www.sharkattackfile.net/ |
| Description: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Extra Info: | List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, includes source reference (eg date of newspaper article, books etc). |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Historical Manuscripts |
| Link: | http://www.durtnall.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Historical Manuscripts |
| Extra Info: | Click on view collection. The information is taken from historical documents which have been found on online auction sites. May get errors is some browsers. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
| Title: | HOWELL - A Glamorgan Family |
| Link: | http://www.a-glamorgan-family.com/ |
| Description: | HOWELL - A Glamorgan Family |
| Extra Info: | Mainly around Rhyndwyclydach. Includes a full list of Chapel members for Gellionnen and Baran. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Internet Library of Early Journals |
| Link: | http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ |
| Description: | Internet Library of Early Journals |
| Extra Info: | A selection of early journals indexed and available to view online. |
| Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/ |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | British men and women in Malta. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Regeneration Trust |
| Link: | http://www.mtht.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Regeneration Trust |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of heritage plaques for people and places, many no longer in situ. Many with more details than just the plaque. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
| Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
| Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as the economy, the death penalty, immigration controls and much more. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | National Library of Wales |
| Link: | http://www.llgc.org.uk/ |
| Description: | National Library of Wales - Online Databases |
| Extra Info: | Also look under Digital Mirror. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Parish of Llangynwyd - Its History |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/historyllangynw00ev... |
| Description: | Parish of Llangynwyd - Its History |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of vicars of the parish, local poets, local families, people of the are who lived a long life, with their ages and more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | PREECE One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.preecefamilyhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | PREECE One Name Study |
| Classification: | Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Rhondda Cynon Taf Library - Digital Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk/treorchy/i... |
| Description: | Rhondda Cynon Taf Library - Digital Archive |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of old shops, carnivals, collieries, cricket teams, schools and much more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950  |
| Link: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Description: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Extra Info: | For many lists occupation, date of birth and address. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study |
| Link: | http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html |
| Description: | A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down to sources of information. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
| Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | STRANGE, STRAINGE and Variants One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.yourtotalevent.com/people/idxpepl.htm |
| Description: | STRANGE and STRAINGE Family History |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | The London Journal of Arts, Science and Manufactures |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/londonjournalar06ne... |
| Description: | The London Journal of Arts, Science and Manufactures - Patent Inventions |
| Extra Info: | Online book, published 1851. Includes 'recent patents' and patent infringements. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records |
| Title: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Link: | http://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. The archive of the Oddfellows. Includes magazines, directories, minutes books and more. Searchable. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | The Ships List Website |
| Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
| Description: | The Ships List Website for Ships' Passenger Lists and More |
| Extra Info: | Also includes some marriages at sea. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/trinity-house-calendars/ |
| Description: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
| Extra Info: | Covering the period 1787 to 1854, most of the papers are Petitions for aid, submitted by the seaman or, often, his widow. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | WELLBELOVE Genealogy and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.wellbelove.org/ |
| Description: | WELLBELOVE Genealogy and One Name Study |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Workhouse Website |
| Link: | http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ |
| Description: | A Site Dedicated to the Workhouse, its Buildings, Staff, Inmates and much more |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Zoological Society of London - List of Fellows |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/listoffellows1899zo... |
| Description: | Zoological Society of London - List of Fellows 1899 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some details of their residences in London and the country. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County page for Glamorgan |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ |
| Description: | General information for Glamorgan |
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