Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Guide to Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Historic Cardiganshire[edit | edit source]

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Cardiganshire (Welsh: Sir Aberteifi or Ceredigion) was one of thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was a maritime county, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea, to the north by Merionethshire, to the east by Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, and to the south by Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. The county was created in the 1240s. The administrative county of Cardiganshire, with an elected county council, was created in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county was governed by an elected county council, who took over the functions of the Quarter Sessions courts. Aberaeron and Aberystwyth were joint county towns.

Motto: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (English: A nation's wealth is freedom)

Chapman Code: CGN

1974-1996 Dyfed[edit | edit source]

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Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county and administrative county of Cardiganshire were abolished, for both local government and ceremonial purposes, on April 1, 1974, with Cardiganshire becoming part of the newly formed county of Dyfed covering the whole of south-west Wales.

Modern Ceredigion[edit | edit source]

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Following further local government reorganisation, the county of Dyfed was abolished on April 1, 1996 and the present-day county of Ceredigion was created. This covers substantially the same area as the historic county of Cardiganshire.

Topics[edit | edit source]

Parishes
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See a list of the parishes in Cardiganshire here.
Interactive map of Cardiganshire Parishes

Research tools[edit | edit source]

The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
The Ceredigion Archive

Websites[edit | edit source]

Cardiganshire Resources and Help pages RootsChat Cardiganshire Resources and Help pages. (Free).
Cardiganshire Family History Society (Web)
Cardiganshire Family History Society (Facebook)

Wales Ceredigion Websites

Llangynfelyn 1841-1901 Censuses
Llangynfelyn marriages 1813-1880
Aberystwyth Workhouse 1881
Dyfed Family History Society
Rootsweb Cardiganshire board
One Place Study for Llangynfelyn Includes links to many indexes and records for this parish.

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 [[Image:WalesCeredigion.png|thumb|70px|WalesCeredigion.png]] Following further local government reorganisation, the county of Dyfed was abolished on April 1, '''1996''' and the present-day county of '''Ceredigion''' was created. This covers substantially the same area as the historic county of Cardiganshire.
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 == Topics  ==
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 === <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Parishes</span><br>  ===
-See a list of the parishes in [[Cardiganshire Parishes|Cardiganshire]] here.
+*See a list of the parishes in [[Cardiganshire Parishes|Cardiganshire]] here.
+*Interactive map of [http://maps.familysearch.org Cardiganshire Parishes]
 == Research tools  ==
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 *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiganshire-Family-History-Society/280266565349115?sk=info Cardiganshire Family History Society (Facebook)]
 [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Ceredigion]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Websites
-=== Census  ===
 *[http://www.llangynfelyn.org/dogfennau/cyfrifiad_mynegiad.html Llangynfelyn 1841-1901 Censuses]
-=== Church records  ===
 *[http://www.llangynfelyn.org/dogfennau/cof_priod_1813.html Llangynfelyn marriages 1813-1880]
-=== Poor Law Union  ===
 *[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Aberystwyth/Aberystwyth1881.shtml Aberystwyth Workhouse 1881]
-=== Genealogy  ===
 *[http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/ Dyfed Family History Society]
 *[http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.wales.cgn.general/mb.ashx Rootsweb Cardiganshire board]