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=== Copies of Parish Registers === | |||
[[Image:Neath Abbey, Glamorgan, Wales.jpg|thumb|right|200x230px|<center>Neath Abbey, Glamorgan, Wales<center>]]Copies of parish registers may be available in manuscript or published form. These copies include transcripts and abstracts, some of which may have errors or omissions. Compare the transcript to the original parish register, if available. | |||
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. | |||
=== 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. | ||
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=== FamilySearch Catalog=== | === FamilySearch Catalog=== | ||
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: | 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> | 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. | ||