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** Denbighshire RESOURCES **
« on: Saturday 17 May 03 16:02 BST (UK) »
Some Denbighshire Resources

To help you find things more quickly, we have grouped the resources into categories. 
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General Resources


Denbighshire GENUKI pages
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/

Denbighshire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Denbighshire
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Denbighshire

Denbighshire Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denbighshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Denbighshire


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

Denbighshire County Council
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk
Pages:
Denbighshire Museums and Heritage
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en-gb/DNAP-72BGVY
Denbighshire Record Office
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en-gb/DNAP-6ZQKTQ
Denbighshire Heritage Service
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en-gb/DNAP-6ZQMPH


Clwyd FHS Website
http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/

Clwyd FHS Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CFHSociety



Directories


Books, Newspapers, Magazines and other Media


Churches, Graveyards and Memorial Inscriptions (MI)


Census Records

freeCEN 1861 Census (Coverage: 54.8% / Jan. 2011)
freeCEN 1871 Census (Coverage: 89.7% / Jan. 2011)
freeCEN 1891 Census (Coverage: 70.8% / Jan. 2011)
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/


Vital Records (BMD)
including Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials, from civil and parish records.


Images and Photos


Maps and Land Records

Digital Archives Association maps of Denbighshire and Flintshire.
http://digitalarchives.co.uk/
Quote from: Martin Briscoe
Not online but I would recommend the Digital Archives Association maps of Denbighshire and Flintshire.

The DVD has the first edition 6-inch map from 1869-1875 as well as the second edition for the main towns at 25-inch.


Schools, Workhouses and other Institutions

Denbighshire Workhouses
http://www.workhouses.org.uk
Left Hand Side of Page: Workhouse Locations > Welsh Poor Law Unions > Denbighshire


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Re: ** Denbighshire RESOURCES **
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 17 May 03 16:03 BST (UK) »
Some Denbighshire Resources

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Miscellaneous


The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
http://www.cpat.org.uk/
Quote from: website
We are one of the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts working to help protect, record and interpret all aspects of the historic landscape.

Find out about archaeology in central and north eastern Wales by browsing through our website. You are sure to find something of interest - whether you are a professional, amateur or student archaeologist, a farmer, a site developer, a pupil or teacher at school, a tourist or just interested in your local archaeology and history.

Some CPAT Project reports:
http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/longer.htm
http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/recent/past/past.htm

and
Denbighshire Church Survey
http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/denbigh/idxdenb.htm


Names from Clwyd (Parish Registers)
http://www.clwydsurnames.org.uk updated 2016



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Re: ** Denbighshire RESOURCES **
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 17 May 03 16:05 BST (UK) »
Some Denbighshire 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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Local Resources (Places, Parishes, ... )
Some of these sites may include census data, parish registers, MIs, images and other data sources.


Coedpoeth

Coedpoeth Chapel Registers
http://www.scribd.com/wilcoxon92
Quote from: wilcoxon
As  Parish records online site www .the-red-zone.co.uk/ seems to have gone 'offline' I've put the Wern Registers and some others on Scribd.

The formatting hasn`t transferred too well from my PC to Published  Documents,  ::) but it`s the best I can do. ???



Garthgarmon

Capel Garmon census returns for 1871
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alwyn/Garthgarmon1871/
Quote from: Dolgellau
There is a partial transcription of Capel Garmon census returns for 1871, comprising of the township of Garthgarmon (Llanrwst Enumeration Districts 9/10/11)

It will be added to over the next few months to cover the whole of the Llanrwst Enumeration Districts.


LLangollen

The Making of the Vale of Llangollen and Eglwyseg Historic Landscape
http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/llangoll/vlindu.htm

Llangollen Museum
http://www.llangollenmuseum.org.uk/english/home.htm
This site has two design styles. There are also pages about early history, people, places, schools, life & leisure, stories, myths & legends, farming & rural life, llangollen in uniform, churches chapels & religion, road rail & canal, shops & businesses, mills & other industries, mining & quarrying, etc.
I can't find a link from the home page, but they can be reached from links on the individual pages.
e.g. mills & other industries
http://www.llangollenmuseum.org.uk/english/History/mills.htm


LLanrwst
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Llanrwst/

Ruthin
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Ruthin/

Wrexham
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Wrexham/

Wrexham Marriage Index A searchable Database of marriages in Wrexham.
http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community/genealogy/MarriageIndexSearchForm.cfm

Book: History of the Parish Church at Wrexham
see Topic: History of the Parish Church of Wrexham
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,50063.0.html

Wrexham County Borough Churches and Graveyards
http://www.openchurchnetwork.co.uk/index.asp
Great link!......online searchable graveyards of the following churches....

Bangor on Dee (St. Dunawd`s Church)
Bettisfield (St. John the Baptist`s Church)
Bronington (Holy Trinity Church)
Chirk (St. Mary`s Church)
Erbistock (St. Hilary`s Church)
Gresford (All Saints Church)
Hanmer (St Chad`s Church)
Holt (St. Chad`s Church)
Marchwiel (St. Marcella`s Church)
Overton (St. Mary The Virgin Church)
Rossett (Christ Church)
Ruabon (St Mary`s Church)
Tallarn Green (St. Mary Magdalene`s Church)
Worthenbury (St. Deiniol`s Church)
Wrexham (St. Giles Church)
Wrexham (St. Mary`s Cathedral)
See also Topic: LINK - Wrexham County Borough Churches and Graveyards.....
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,252999.0.html

Monumental Inscription Indexes
http://www.tom-mercer-mi-indexes.org.uk/


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Re: ** Denbighshire RESOURCES **
« Reply #3 on: Friday 11 July 03 17:19 BST (UK) »
Some Denbighshire 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.
_________________________________________________________________________

Local Resources (Places, Parishes, ... )
Some of these sites may include census data, parish registers, MIs, images and other data sources.





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