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[[Image:National Library of Wales.jpg|thumb|250px|The National Library of Wales]]

The [[National Library of Wales]]. This library houses church, nonconformist, court, probate, census, tax, and land records; newspapers, maps, photographs, pictures; and many private archive and manuscript collections. You must have a reader’s ticket to use the collections. However, the ticket may be obtained as you enter the library or by applying online. You can write to this library at:  

:[[Image:Llgc logo.jpg]] '''The National Library of Wales'''<br>'''Aberystwyth''',<br />Ceredigion,<br />SY23 3BU<br/>Wales<br/>www: http://www.llgc.org.uk/

The National Archives collects records of the central government, such as parliamentary papers and law courts from 1086 to the present. It is located in England but has many Welsh records. These records can provide you with much information but are best used after you have gathered information elsewhere. You must have a reader’s ticket to use this collection, but you may apply for one when you arrive. You can contact this office at: [[Image:The National Archives, England.jpg|thumb|right|The National Archives]]  

'''The Office for National Statistics''' (formerly known as the General Register Office) is responsible for government birth, marriage, and death certificates from 1 July 1837 to the present for all of Wales. Copies of the office’s records are housed at the Family Records Centre in London. See the "[[Wales Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]" section of this outline for the address.  

This organization houses the Manorial Documents Register (see the "[[Wales Court Records|Court Records]]" section of this outline) and the National Register of Archives (NRA). The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts has been working to inventory records that are in archives and private collections. The commission’s finding aid, the National Register of Archives (NRA) at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/, includes over 191,000 lists of manuscript collections and close to 5,000 finding aids and annual reports from various repositories. These lists are indexed. Searches can be made in these indexes via the Internet. The Family History Library has some of the published indexes. These indexes are divided into three sections by person, business, and organization. Look in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library Catalog under "Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts." Also check the Locality Search under:  

;'''GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY - SOURCES'''  

There are a links from the commission’s home page to both the Manorial Documents Register and the National Register of Archives.

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All Welsh counties have an archive that contains records about its particular area. Genealogical records in these offices include land records, church records, taxation records, probate records, miscellaneous indexes, and collections. Some county record offices have personal or place-name indexes to some of the records in their collection.  

*Istance, Jean and E. E. Cann, comp. ''Researching Family History in Wales''. Birmingham: The Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd., 1996. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942.9+A3i British 942.9 A3i];)

*Henderson, S.P.A,. and A.J.W. Henderson, ed.''Directory of British Associations &amp; Associations in Ireland''. 13th ed. Beckenham, Kent, England: CBD Research Ltd., 1996. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+E4hd book 942 E4hd].)

*[http://www.mundus.ac.uk/ Mundus]: Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom<br>  

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Many repositories outside Wales have land and property records relating to Welsh places. When searching indexes to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources, try a search for the county in Wales where your ancestor lived to see how many English record offices have records that may help you. If the indexes have no related entries then go to the individual repository schedules that have information about the general area where your ancestor lived.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ''Research Outline: Wales'' (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President, 2000), 9-12.</ref>  

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