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*** Caernarvonshire LINKS & RESOURCES ****
« on: Monday 14 February 11 02:36 GMT (UK) »
Some Caernarvonshire Resources

To help you find things more quickly, we have grouped the resources into categories. 
Not all resources can be ordered into single categories, so please check carefully,
what the other 'categories' are offering.
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General Resources

Caernarvonshire GENUKI pages
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CAE/

Caernarfonshire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Caernarfonshire

Caernarvonshire Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarvonshire

County Websites, Archives, Libraries, Museums, Local History Groups and Societies

Gwynedd Family History Society
http://www.gwyneddfhs.org/
National Library of Wales Enquiry Service
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=nlwenquiries
Archives Wales -
online catalogue allows you with a single search to obtain information about more than 7,000 collections of historical records in the holdings of 21 archives in Wales. These archives are open to the public and you can use this site to plan your visit and find out more. Archives Wales forms part of the UK's National Archives Network
http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/?no_cache=1

Area Links from Archives Wales:
Bangor University Archives - many records pertaining to local estates and local industries, North Wales Newspapers - also hold a list of graves at Bangor Cathedral churchyard -
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ak6/
Gwynedd Archives - Caernarfon Record Office
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ak7/
Gwynedd Archives - Meirionnydd Record Office
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ak9/
 
Caernarvonshire Local History Websites
If you know of others, please post a link so that it may be included in this list.
Church in Wales - Diocese of Bangor list of Parish Website links
http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/bangor/diocese/
Abergwngregn ("Aber")
http://www.abergwyngregyn.co.uk/
Bangor
http://www.bangorcivicsociety.org.uk/index.htm
Carnarvon Town (Llanbeblig)
http://www.carnarvontraders.com/
Llanfairfechan
http://www.llanfairfechan.org.uk/
Melin-y-Coed
http://www.melin-y-coed.co.uk/index.htm
Nantlle Valley  (thanks pinot )
http://www.nantlle.com/genealogy.htm
Penmaenmawr & Dwygyfylchi
http://www.penmaenmawr.com/index.html
Rhiw
http://www.rhiw.com/

Caernarvonshire Memorials
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,5891.0.html

Maps of Caernarvonshire
http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/tallis/maps/cae.htm
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,416.0.html
Historic Landscapes
http://www.heneb.co.uk/charlist.html
Caernarvonshire Owners of Land 1873
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498637.0.html

Books & CDs of Interest
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498623.0.html

PR transcriptions - Penmynydd Diocese of Bangor 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498624.0.html

FreeReg Caernarvonshire
This page links to the current date ranges and transcriptions of Parish Registers and some Chapel Registers in Caernarvonshire.   FreeReg is in urgent need of more transcribers.  If you can help please consider assisting
http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/cae.htm

Caernarvonshire Poorhouse Institutions
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,414.0.html

Carnarvon Town (Llanbeblig) Census 1794  
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,961.0.html

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For some more resources enter Caernarvonshire genealogy and Caernarvon family history in your favourite search-engines.
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The resources here have been compiled from topics submitted by RootsChatters.
   Many thanks to everyone who has contributed. 

New Resources:
If you know of any useful resources that can be included here, please start a new topic, and a moderator will transfer the link to this topic.


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