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*This source material was published by the Glamorgan Family History Society Its web-site has full details of membership and other research services / publications available for purchase

*Welshmen in East India Company Army 1753-1861

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Welsh Mariners by Dr Reg Davies---includes:

a searchable database of over 17,000 Welsh born (or Wales resident) Master mariners, mates and engineers who held certificates of competency or service; in practice it is an index of men active from 1850 to 1945 in the merchant navy.
Over 800 Trinity House Petitions made by poor mariners or their families. Transcript of original document at the Society of Genealogists, London.

Swansea Mariners by Bryan Richards --- period 1891-1894, a database of ratings such as un-certificated officers, bosun, able seaman, ordinary seaman, boy, cook, steward, etc in Glamorgan Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, or from around the world.
Almost 9,000 detailed entries (3/2004) growing by a few hundred each week, now started the 1861-1865 period. Will also shortly add a list of pressed men for abt 1650 for South Wales and West of England.

*Glamorgan Juvenile Convictions 1847 - 1880

David (1) Jones

City of Cardiff -- proceedings of the council and several commitees, November 1916 to May 1917. It lists who was paid what for what, and many other entries such as;-

22nd November 1916; Health and Sanitary committee; Entry 99.
"Daniel Griffin 3 Gough Street. Treatment of Tuberculosis- A communication was received from the national health insurance commision (Wales) that arrangements had been made with the memorial association for Daniel Griffin, a non insured discharged soldier, residing at 3. Gough Street, to be provided with the residential treatment advised in his case"

Cardiff - Slater's directory of 1882. A-Z of Names and addresses only, no Trades information.

Graham Williams

Kelly's Directory of some parts of South Wales

For 1891 :- Bishopston,(Gower), Bonvilston, Oystermouth, or Mumbles, Merthyr Tydfil and district, Neath, Taffs Well, Ynysybwl, Port Eynon, (Gower), Porthcawl & Newton-Nottage.

For 1901 :-Llanrhidian, Port Eynon, Rhossili,(All in the Gower)

For 1910:- Oystermouth, with Blackpill & West Cross.

For 1972 - Cardiff

Graham Williams

*Barry directory for 1906

Graham Williams

Maesteg. Electoral Registers 1929 including Nanty, Caerau, Glyncorrwg

Cardiff Pubs Inns and Hotels Phil Roderick's ongoing index of pubs, address if known, landlord and year.

Cardiff Old Inns and Pubs. Another index by Phil Roderick.

Adroddiadau. [Annual Chapel Reports]. These include the names and addresses of people who made financial contributions during the year, and a list of chapel officials
Llangiwg; Gwaun-cae-gurwen, Carmel Independent Chapel; 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998	Withdrawn
Llangiwg; Cwmgors, Tabernacl Independent Chapel; 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995. I also have a list of officials of this chapel in 1946	Withdrawn
London; Radnor Walk, [Chelsea], Independent Chapel ; 1950	Withdrawn
Rhondda;Ynys-hir, Saron Independent Chapel (Welsh) ; 1949	Withdrawn

*Caerphilly hundred Milita Lists, 1819-1821 [20 parishes & hamlets]
*Dinas Powis hundred Milita Lists, [20 parishes & hamlets]
*Kibbor hundred Milita Lists, 1819-1821 [10 parishes & hamlets]

School admissions records

*Merthyr Tydfil, Twynyrodyn Schools 1875-1927
*Llandaff City, Infants 1912-1946
*Llandaff City, Juniors 1893-1946

School admissions records :

*St. Illtyd School Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil Girls Dept 1904 to 1924
*Dowlais Iron Works Gellifaelog Mixed School 1878 to 1907
*Merthyr Tydfil Dowlais Council School Boys Dept 1905 to 1911
*Merthyr Tydfil Caedraw Junior Mixed School 1913 to 1922 and 1935 to 1953
*Merthyr Tydfil Caedraw Infants School 1875 to 1944
*St Mary's Roman Catholic School, Merthyr Tydfil 1906-1963

School admissions registers;

*Boys Elementary, Dowlais, Glamorgan -1905-1911
*Gellifaelog Mixed School, Dowlais, Glamorgan -1878-1907

Glamorgan Families. Through this site you may submit details of your Glamorgan ancestry, and view the submissions of other Glamorgan family historians.

Tithe Schedules [place-names, occupiers(head of family only) and landowners] for the parishes of Aberdare 1844, Llanwynno 1841, Penderyn 1841, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, 1844 and Llanedi 1842

'On the Parish' by Raymond Grant published by Glamorgan Archive Service in 1988. A list of Glamorgan parishes with extant Vestry minutes,Overseers books etc from this book.

Workhouses, two separate sites, Workhouse , and Institutions which links to sites specialising in Asylums, Almshouses, Prisons, Dispensaries, Hospitals, Reformatories, Orphanages, Workhouse & Hospitals List, Workhouses, Poor Law, Industrial Schools and other Institutions

Ian Winstanley's Coal Mining History Resource Centre

Probably the most comprehensive source for mining deaths - some 65,000 names of people who died or suffered injury in the mines of Great Britain from 1850 to 1909.

1842 Royal Commission Reports on the Employment of Children and Young Persons in Wales. Four reports cover South Wales (2 reports), North Wales and the Forest of Dean. For Glamorgan includes:
Merthyr Districts, Dowlais, Penydarran and the Aberdare Iron works near Merthyr Tydvil, Cwmavon Iron, Tin and Copper works and the Collieries and the Oakwood Collieries, near Port Talbot. The Iron Works in Bridgend, Neath and Swansea, The Copper Works at Swansea and Llanelly, and the Collieries in the Western part of Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire, and on the State, Condition and Treatment of such Children and Young Persons.

It lists the name, age and place of employment of every individual interviewed by the commissioners in their compiling of the report - some hundreds of names.

Swansea Nonconformist Registers . A Genuki site with details of extant registers for nonconformist chapels in Swansea . Includes an OS reference and where registers are now.

Glamorgan; A site incorporating historical snippets relating to the county , towns and parishes.

The South Wales Coalfield Collection ; The Collection is held at the South Wales Miners' Library, University of Swansea and is a unique collection of documents and other material providing an insight into the social, economic and cultural history of the South Wales Coalfield in the C19 & C20. As well as records of trades unions and lodges, miners institutes and personal papers of ordinary miners, the collection holds over 4,000 photographs, banners, posters and audio/video tapes. Over 6,000 records are searchable on the Catalogue on this site. Contact telephone number in case of search difficulties etc is 01792 518693. Email the South Wales [email protected]"> Library

Online Catalogue

Rhondda Valley Estates Treorchy Portion, 24th Nov 1920 Freehold Sale by the Marquis of Bute.
A list of 414 houses and businesses in Treorchy, Rhondda, with names of tenants at that date.

Glamorganshire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
By the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd., Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by Joseph T. Robson, H.M.Inspector for the South Wales District in his Report for 1896

*Glamorgan Colliery Disasters

Universal Colliery, Senghenydd. 24 May 1901 (82 killed)

Universal Colliery, Senghenydd. 14 Oct 1913 (439 killed)

Wattstown Colliery, Rhondda fach. 11 July 1905 (119 killed)

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Ogmore Valley Colliery Fatalities (1867 - 1914)

An online list compiled by Huw Daniel on Ogmore

Includes ; Surname Given Names Age Occupation Colliery Date Month Year

Ogmore Valley

Here is a list of items held by Huw Daniel relating to the Ogmore Valley and which he is prepared to do lookups on. Holdings

Here is a contents listing of Ogmore Valley " Journal 2000" by the Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society (ISBN 0 9539792 0 2). Also Journal 2001 ISBN: 0-9539792-1-0 ; and Journal 2002 ISBN: 0-9539792-2-9

Ogmore & Garw entries for the 1891 Kelly`s Trade Directory.

* Cowbridge & Ogmore Hundreds Militia Lists, 1819-1821

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Tithe Apportionment for Llangiwg. I have it indexed three ways, by farm, occupier,and landowner's name. The apportionment is dated 1838.

Darris Williams

Rebecca Riots . Commissioners Report (1844) into the conditions in South Wales which contains a lot of background evidence and comment by Dyfed people. Backed by contemporary press extracts relating to the Rebecca Riots in the Llanelly, Llannon and Pontardulais areas. Indexed by witnesses.

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Cardiff & Bristol Channel Pilots 1810-1979. An ongoing database of pilots. Ports covered are Cardiff , Barry , Bristol , Swansea , Newport and Bridgewater.

Neath, a lease dated 1815 between Dr John Coakley Lettson and Henry Grant , tenants named from 1797, lists various houses and land parcels in the parishes of Neath, Lantwit, some in Glyncorrwg, Baglan, Langonoyd Aberavon, but mostly land and houses to the south of the river Neath. Approx 500 names

Neath Antequarian Transactions of 1978 - includes 1851 Gnoll Estate Rent Roll

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Seven Sisters Colliery, near Neath . A list of employees for 12th June 1886 extracted from the book ' History of Seven Sisters' by Chris Evans,1964.

Barry, St Helen's R.C Church, 7 pages of school registration records for the year 1902 only.

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Victorian Graves , Llandaff Cathedral [listings of names,dates and ages only ]

Wenvoe area Census Returns for, 1851, 1861 1871, 1881, P.R's Bapts Bur and Marriages from 1588 - 1970's. Thomas and Jenner Families ofWenvoe Castle, Wenvoe Church Rate Book 1829 -1870, Wenvoe Vestry Book 1829 -1858. M.I's of church and chapel yards. Wenvoe Estate info dealing with farms and tenants etc. Tithe Apportionment 1839 also St Lythan's for 1838.

Parry has an extensive database on this area built up over many years that he is willing to share.

Cardiff newspaper snippets A collection of 'unusual' newspaper items gathered by Phil Roderick

Cardiff Records Vols 1-5 John Hobson Matthews (ed) 1898 - 1905

*Cardiff Slater's Directory 1882

*Cardiff. Wright's Directory 1891

Cardiff , 1795 and 1796 directories

The 1795 is now online on INDEX

*Dowlais Register of Cottage Leases 1818-1877

Maureen Jenkins

*Dowlais Iron Co, Sick workmen 1855-56 and other lists

John Hobson Matthews's "Cardiff Records". A name index by Pat Sewell.

The full text is available at British History Online

GEDCOM File of some 4000 people, mostly from Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan.This is my own family database for Glamorgan. I would be willing to search it for anyone with Cardiff or Vale ancestry. Most of the main surnames concerned are listed on my website.

The Rebecca Riots

Chartism in Mid-Wales & Monmouthshire

The Merthyr Tydfil Riots of 1831

Brief online histories by Bob Sanders INDEX

Transcript of the Journal of John Williams of Cardiff, a Glamorgan Militiaman in the late 18th century. It covers the Militia's marches in 1798 - 1800, when they marched to Portsmouth (by a somewhat circuitous route) to board the ships that were to take them to Ireland. Then their march through Ireland and return to Liverpool, and finally their march back to Cardiff.

Brief sequential history of the Port of Cardiff covering the Old Quay, the Customs, the development of the Glamorganshire Canal, the development of the railways in connection with the port, the construction of the docks, shipping and linked industries, shipbuilding, ship repairing, engineering & iron & steel, timber importing, grain milling etc. By Bob Sanders.

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan . Bob Sanders's index of publicans, innkeepers, maltsters, brewers. Mostly from baptism registers , the period is mainly 1700 to 1850 with some strays.

Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan .

Bob Sanders's index of schoolmasters listed in the baptism registers

Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan . Bob Sanders's index of soldiers, militiamen, marines, policemen,coastguards and customs & excise officers listed in the baptism registers.

The index includes the officers and men of the Yeomanry Regiments who can be identified as coming from, or living in, Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan. There is also a brief history of the Glamorgan Yeomanry Cavalry Regiments 1797 - 1904.

My website has been updated with links to the Axis Barry Local History site and to Barry Stevens' site which provides some Cardiff Crew Lists from the latter part of the 19th century. I have also uploaded the first part of a series on ships and shipping companies of the UK & Commonwealth in 1954.

Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan . Bob Sanders's index of Seamen, Sailors, Mariners, Pilots, Boatmen, Master Mariners, Captains,Marine Engineers, Shipwrights, Ship Carpenters, Boilermakers, Ship Owners, Ship Brokers etc in the baptism registers.

Index to ships recorded in documents held at Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff. The records relate to ships covered by Cardiff Crew Agreements, Cardiff Port Registers, Board of Trade Enquiries relating to Cardiff and Fishing Agreement, for the period from about 1825 to 1913.

There are two indexes:-

Alphabetical by ship name & Numerical by ship registration number.

Crew and passengers on ships Ships in port in:many ports in England and Wales

It should be noted that many of the seamen listed in these pages are non-British - they include many from USA, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Finland, Austria and some from China & Turkey, in addition to those from Commonwealth countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies etc. Quite a number of the boats listed are Pilot Cutters, Tugs etc as well as the various small, medium and quite large coastal craft and ocean going vessels.

Cardiff Shipping Companies

(P & A Campbell at War can be seen via Cardiff Shipping Companies)

Cardiff area shipping lost by enemy action during the first & second World Wars.

Ships wrecked in the Cardiff - Barry area of the Bristol Channel

Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam, including sailing ships and ships of war lost in action 1824 - 1962.

It lists all ships of war lost in action and requisitioned merchant ships.

British merchant ships of 500 tons gross and over, foreign ships over 1000 tons lost by ordinary marine risks with the loss of five lives or more.Ships over 10000 tons and over with or without loss of life.

British and foreign merchant ships of 500 and 1000 tons lost by enemy action wether loss of life was reported or not.

The author does say that the work is limited and many ships are missing.

Please Note - SHIP names only - not crew names.

Phil Roderick

The loss of the Castleton, a Cardiff ship, in 1886. A report by Steve Brew of Sydney . Very well researched and reported.

Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan.Printed/Published Sources for Genealogists.An index by Bob Sanders

Cardiff Crew Agreements 1861 to 1914. Bob Sanders's index to master mariners

Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan. Bob Sanders's index of people with medical occupations, religious occupations and road transport/postal occupations in the baptism registers.

The Coleman Deeds relating to Glamorgan (period 1442-1864). Bob Sanders's index to the people named in the Coleman Colection of Deeds held at National Library of Wales relating to Glamorgan.

Chronological History of Cardiff Area to 1699

Chronological History of Cardiff Area 1700 - 1849

Chronological History of Cardiff Area 1850 - 1960

Produced by Bob Sanders to help people researching in the Cardiff area with background information about the history of the area and the establishment of churches, chapels, institutions etc

Chronological History of Glamorgan to 1699

Chronological History of Glamorgan 1700-1849

Chronological History of Glamorgan 1850-1960+

A Brief History of Methodism in Glamorgan (including a short background note on nonconformity in Britain). An index compiled by Bob Sanders

Index to Methodist Church Registers for Glamorgan showing, by town/village, the churches/chapels, their denominations (ie Wesleyan, Calvinist (Presbyterian Church of Wales), Bible Christian, Primitive Methodist etc), the types of register held (ie christenings, marriages, burials), the years for which records are available and the place they are held (eg PRO, National Library, Glamorgan Record Office etc)

Index to Nonconformist Church Registers for Glamorgan . These include the christening (or in some cases birth), marriage and burial (or in some cases death) registers of the various nonconformist denominations which have been deposited at various repositories. It excludes Methodist Registers ,see above.

Landed Estates in and around Cardiff.A site by Bob Sanders giving brief accounts of some of the main Landed Estates which owned much of the land in and around Cardiff (and some still have land interests here). With them is provided pedigrees of the families concerned:-
Lewis of Van & St.Fagans (incl the connection to the Earls of Plymouth)
Lewis of Llanishen
Richards of Corner House, Cardiff
Richards of Roath Court & Plasnewydd, Cardiff
Williams of Roath Court, Cardiff
Herbert, Earls of Pembroke
Kemeys-Tynte of Cefn Mably

Cardiff and the Vale--Will Transcripts.

I have now indexed all the will transcripts made by David Jones of Wallington, from which I have extracted genealogical data. The index is available via my website - INDEXs

I shall be happy to do look ups for anyone who finds a will listed which is likely to be of interest but please no general enquiries about William Thomas' or John Jones'. I

*Merthyr Tydfil, Dowlais Ward. Poor Rate Book. 7th April 1894.

Clerks of the Peace for Glamorgan; An index by Bob Sanders

Oxford graduates of the 16th - 18th centuries (plus a few later) who had connections with Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan. Many were born in the Cardiff/Vale area, some were born elsewhere but came to live in the area. A large proportion were clergymen, quite a few barristers and a few others.

The Sheriffs of Glamorgan . A detailed list of all the High Sheriffs of Glamorgan from 1541 to 1966 with genealogical information on many of them. Also some information on other officials.An index by Bob Sanders

A List of Glamorgan Volunteer Infantry regiments 1796 - 1854

An index by Bob Sanders

A Brief History of the Glamorgan Yeomanry Cavalry

A brief history of the Glamorgan Militia

Indexes by Bob Sanders

The Diary of William Thomas of Michaelston-super-Ely, full transcript, indexed Published by Cardiff: South Wales Record Society and South Glamorgan County Council.
A very informative diary of gossip etc concerning people of all sorts, from vagabonds & prostitutes via the ag.labs and yeomen to the gentry living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan in the period 1762 to 1795. Lots of details of births, marriages, deaths, local court proceedings and agricultural matters.

Ships and shipping company records held at Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff (this is additional to the already published list on my site), is at
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/shipdocs.html
Arbitration records relating to shipping accidents held at Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff is at
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/arbitrations.html
All of these plus various other pages are available via the site index at
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders

Railway companies which operated in Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan & Monmouthshire plus some in adjoining areas which ran into the former counties.

Midwife's Register of Cases 1906-1927

Approximately 475 births in Cwmgors [and some in Gwauncaegurwen] villages,Caegurwen [Llangiwg] , mostly by midwife Margaret Davies .

The Register has now been lodged with W Glamorgan Archives Service but there is an online listing of entries and a potted history of Margaret Davies by Gareth Hicks.

Penarth 1841-1871 censuses.List of inhabitants stated to have been born in Ireland and bearing ostensibly Irish surnames

Penarth 1841-1871 censuses .Details of properties identifiable in two or more , with their head of household occupants

SWANSEA WILLS INDEX : 1564-1858. Compiled by R James.

Swansea World War I. I am West Glam Chairman of the Western Front Association and I have done much research on local war memorials for WWI. In particular I have collected potted biographies of the 3000 men killed from Swansea in WWI.

Registers of Voters: for the following areas, Cwmfelin, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, Nantyfyllon, Caerau, Parish of Glyncorrwg. 1892, 1912, 1918, 1925

*Merthyr Tydfil borough (including Aberdare) Electoral register 1868

*Glamorgan, Electoral Register 1845/6

Raynor Lewis

Glamorgan Hearth Tax, index to hearth tax assessments

*Glamorgan Militia list, Newcastle Hundred 1819-1821

Raynor Lewis

The Return of Owners of Land 1873 Glamorgan

Swansea. PEARSE & BROWN'S SWANSEA DIRECTORY 1869 including the areas of Oystermouth, Gower, Sketty, and Swansea Valley.The Directory comprises of an Alphabetical and Classified lists of Professional, Commercial, and Private Residents; with a list of Public Officers and Buildings, Places of Worship.

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Pontardawe [Swansea Valley] Slaters Commercial Directory, 1871

Slaters 1858-59 Swansea Directory

Pigots's Directory of South Wales 1822/3 & 1830 [mainly Glamorgan]

A classified directory of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufacturers and Traders - NOT a listing of all residents or households

Pigot's Directory of South Wales 1830

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Pigots's Directory of South Wales 1844

Pigot's Directory of South Wales 1835

A classified directory of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufacturers and Traders - NOT a listing of all residents or households

Pigot & Co Commercial Directory [Wales & Border counties] 1996

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Kelly's Directory of South Wales 1904

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Kelly's Directory for South Wales for 1910

Kelly's Directory for South Wales for 1923

Slaters Directory of South Wales 1858-1859

Timeline of genealogically interesting dates on Gareth's Help Page

Vale of Glamorgan , source for information about the Vale of Glamorgan, the place, the events, for residents, visitors and business

Cwmgors & Gwaun-cae-gurwen ; A genealogy homepage for these adjoining villages in Llangiwg parish. Also includes material for Amman Valley, Betws & Llandybie ; Brynamman & Cwmllynfell; Gwrhyd, Rhydyfro & Baran ; Pontardawe & Gellinudd.

R eal Cardiff Native Cardiffian Peter Finch's view of some of the dramatic changes going on in his city

Axis Historical Society, based on the town of Barry

The Gower Peninsula & Swansea Local history and links

Rhondda Cynon Taff . This site contains digital images of the Cynon Valley taken from Rhondda Cynon Taff Libraries' photographic collections. Over 10,000 images have been digitised that illustrate all aspects of life in the Cynon Valley from 1880 to the present. The images can be printed from the site

Old Merthyr Tydfil Alan & Geoff's site

Swansea Swansea History Web

Swansea and its hinterland. A site incorporating various snippets of interest concerning this area; including a link to a very full summary of the book Swansea by Alderman Edward Harris 1935

Neath. 19th Century Inns and Public Houses, compiled by the late Brian Wagstaffe. Has occupiers names & sources.

Blaenavon Blaenavon and Big Pit

Who's who 1936

Graham Williams

*This source material was published by Glamorgan Family History Society, its web-site has full details of membership and other research services / publications available for purchase.

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