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=== Church Record Indexes === | === Church Record Indexes === | ||
*The [http://www.findmypast '''FindMyPast'''] website has indexed most of the parish registers for Wales. | *The [http://www.findmypast '''FindMyPast'''] website has indexed most of the parish registers for Wales. | ||
*Some county record offices have indexes to church records. Many indexes have been compiled by local family history societies. To learn how to find county record offices or family history society addresses, see [[Wales Archives and Libraries]] and [[Wales Societies|Societies]]. | *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 county record offices have indexes to church records. Many indexes have been compiled by local family history societies. To learn how to find county record offices or family history society addresses, see [[Wales Archives and Libraries]] and [[Wales Societies|Societies]]. | ||
*The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some indexes. Look in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | *The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some indexes. Look in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||