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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. <br> | ||
The Family History Library has | 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. These are gradually all being digitized and placed online.To find the film numbers by county and parish, use: | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']. Use the "Place Search" or "Keyword Search" options. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']. Use the "Place Search" or "Keyword Search" options. | ||
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> | |||
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*Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd, and David Williams. ''The Religious Census of 1851: A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales.'' Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 1976, 1981. (Family History Library {{FHL|The Religious Census of 1851%3A A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales.|title|disp=book 942.9 B4b}} no. 30 [South Wales] and 31 (North Wales); {{FHL|6054483|film|disp=fiche 6054483–4}}.) | *Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd, and David Williams. ''The Religious Census of 1851: A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales.'' Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 1976, 1981. (Family History Library {{FHL|The Religious Census of 1851%3A A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales.|title|disp=book 942.9 B4b}} no. 30 [South Wales] and 31 (North Wales); {{FHL|6054483|film|disp=fiche 6054483–4}}.) | ||
===Archives and Other Repositories== | |||
Wales has no single repository of church records although the records are usually available at a county record office or the National Library of Wales. Some sources describing the location or survival of church records are: | Wales has no single repository of church records although the records are usually available at a county record office or the National Library of Wales. Some sources describing the location or survival of church records are: | ||
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*Williams, C. J., and J. Watts-Williams, comp. ''Cofrestri Plwyf Cymru (Parish Registers of Wales).'' Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales, 1986. (Family History Library {{FHL|1011109|title-id|disp=book 942 V26ste}} v. 13.) This book lists all Welsh parish registers, providing the beginning and the ending dates of the registers, locations, and other details about them. | *Williams, C. J., and J. Watts-Williams, comp. ''Cofrestri Plwyf Cymru (Parish Registers of Wales).'' Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales, 1986. (Family History Library {{FHL|1011109|title-id|disp=book 942 V26ste}} v. 13.) This book lists all Welsh parish registers, providing the beginning and the ending dates of the registers, locations, and other details about them. | ||
*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 === | ||