Wales

Family history records

Discover your Welsh family history with these online records. If you have ancestors from Wales, you should be able to find them here.

Births, Marriages & Deaths

Wales Births & Baptisms 1541–1907
Discover your Welsh ancestor among more than 700,000 birth and baptism records from between 1541 and 1907. Find their name and date of birth as well as the name of their parents.
Wales Marriages 1541–1900
Explore over 130,000 records and discover your Welsh relatives today. The records include marriages across 12 counties in Wales. You can discover your ancestor by searching by name, marriage year or the spouse's name.
North Wales BMD
North Wales BMD has over 2 million birth, marriage and death records to view online for free. The indexes are not totally complete for all years and areas yet but most are online.
Dyfed Marriage Index 1813–1837
This index contains the names of all persons known to have married in Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire in the period 1813–37. The original record of marriage may be found in the registers for the appropriate parish (or in the bishop's transcripts where those registers are missing or defective). A fairly full transcript of all the marriages can be consulted in documents deposited by the Society at the National Library of Wales, the Haverfordwest Record Office and the Society of Genealogists. You must be a member of the society to view the records; membership costs £12 per year.

Welsh Crime and Punishment
The Crime and Punishment database comprises data about crimes, criminals and punishments included in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830. The Court could try all types of crimes, from petty thefts to high treason.

Historic Place Names of Wales
More than 300,000 names of historic Welsh places. You can search for a place name or browse an interactive map.
Welsh Tithe Maps
Search and browse over 300,000 entries and their accompanying apportionment documents using original and present-day maps.

Wales Remembers 1914–1918
This website aims to show the Welsh experience of WWI. The site includes newspapers, photos, archives, manuscripts, journals and much more from libraries, special collections and archives of Wales.
Wales at War Archived
This website no longer exists, but the archived version has many individual records of interest. Wales at War was a digital resource for anyone with an interest in the First World War and its impact on communities across Wales, including biographies of those named on local war memorials.
West Wales War Memorial Project
Commemorates all of the men and women from the three counties of West Wales — Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire — who have fallen in conflicts throughout the world. The site focuses on the casualties of both World Wars but also remembers those who fell in other conflicts.

Welsh Family History Archive
The Welsh Family History Archive includes Llangar parish records, maps of Wales, some census details and other bits of interest for Welsh family historians.
Genuki Wales
Links to many Welsh family history websites and resources. A great place to start or continue your research.
Welsh Genealogy Blog
A blog with some useful and interesting information about Welsh family history and genealogy.
Welsh Newspapers Online
A free online resource from the National Library of Wales where you can discover millions of articles from the Library's rich collection of historical newspapers.
Welsh Mariners
Mariners represent a difficult group to research from the point of view of the family historian. This website makes information about Welsh maritime ancestors freely available to anyone researching their family and Welsh heritage.

Welsh Wills
Search for Welsh wills at the National Library of Wales. The available records date from wills proved in the Welsh Ecclesiastical courts before 1858. To view the whole document, you need a reader's ticket for the library, but these records will allow you to verify if a will exists and how you can obtain a copy.
Wales Probate Records 1544–1858
Search more than 700,000 abstracts of over 300 years of original probate documents created by the Anglican Church.