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Individuals and societies collect and compile copies of parish registers. Both the Society of Genealogists in London and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah have major collections of such records. | Individuals and societies collect and compile copies of parish registers. Both the Society of Genealogists in London and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah have major collections of such records. | ||
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Some church records were destroyed by fire, lost, stolen, defaced, or damaged by dampness or aging. To protect their records, most parishes have deposited their early registers in county record offices. | Some church records were destroyed by fire, lost, stolen, defaced, or damaged by dampness or aging. To protect their records, most parishes have deposited their early registers in county record offices. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of Welsh parish registers and bishop’s transcripts. To find the film numbers by county and parish, use: | |||
The Family History Library | *[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']. Use the "Place Search" or "Keyword Search" options. | ||
*''Bishop’s Transcripts''. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1989. (Family History Library book 942.9 V27b; film {{FHL|265095|title-id|disp=599276}}.) | |||
The Family History Library has some parish registers, parish register transcripts, bishop’s transcripts, and parish chest materials from the Church of Wales on film. The library also has microfilm copies of the nonconformist records deposited with the Public Record Office (see the "[[Wales Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section for the address). In addition, some of the nonconformist records at the National Library of Wales have been filmed.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ''Research Outline: Wales'' (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President, 2000), 18-25.</ref> | |||
The catalog uses the parish names given in Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units. See [[Wales Gazetteers]] for help in finding a parish name. Local residents may have used the name of the parish patron saint (such as St. John or All Saints) rather than the actual parish name. | The catalog uses the parish names given in Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units. See [[Wales Gazetteers]] for help in finding a parish name. Local residents may have used the name of the parish patron saint (such as St. John or All Saints) rather than the actual parish name. | ||
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*Ifans, Dafydd, ed. ''Cofrestri Anghydffurfiol Cymru (Nonconformist Registers of Wales).'' Aberystwith, Wales: National Library of Wales and Welsh County Archivists’ Group, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|709745|title-id|disp=book 942.9 K23c}}.) | *Ifans, Dafydd, ed. ''Cofrestri Anghydffurfiol Cymru (Nonconformist Registers of Wales).'' Aberystwith, Wales: National Library of Wales and Welsh County Archivists’ Group, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|709745|title-id|disp=book 942.9 K23c}}.) | ||
=== Records at the Family History Library === | === Records at the Family History Library === | ||
== References == | == References == | ||