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Welsh Church RecordsMalad Welsh Festival 2011
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What we will discuss
Intro
What you need to start
Records
Record supplements/substitutes
Case study
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Introduction
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The parish was the center of the world
Before 1834 the parish was the both the civil and ecclesiastical center of life.
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Parish Registers
Recording christenings, marriages and burials went into effect in 1538.
There are just over 1,000 ancient parishes (created before 1813) but only 71 survive before 1600.
Many parishes have no registers before 1754.
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Key Dates
1538 Order to begin recording christenings, marriages and burials
1538 – 1732 expect registers in Latin
1698 – 1703 some events not registered to avoid taxation
1752 the first day of the year is changed from 25 March to 1 January
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Key Dates
1754 separate, pre-printed forms used to record marriages
1597 – 1917 Bishop’s transcripts
1783-1794 Stamp Act taxed all registrations
1813 printed forms used for christenings & burials
1837 parishes use the same form for marriages as civil registration
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Jurisdictions
Several levels of jurisdiction applied to the area where your ancestor lived.
The parish and diocese are very important for family history research.
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What you need to get started
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What you need to get started A place, the parish name is good
Having the village or farm name is best
Name of the ancestor
Reference tools Gazetteers Maps Book: Parish Registers of Wales
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Records
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Christenings
Christenings often show:
child’s given name Father’s name Mother’s name
Sometimes included: Family residence
such as the village, street or farm name
Father’s occupation
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Post 1812 parish register
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Bishop’s Transcript
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Marriages
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Marriages
Get your bearings Map of the country Map of the county showing all parishes Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
FHL book# 942 E7pa
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Start with a marriage index
Search the Family History Library
Catalog by doing a place search for
the county
Use the IGI
Marriage and Census Indexes FHL
book# 942 D27gjh
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Marriages pre 1754
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Pay close attention to all names
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Typical post 1753 parish register
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Details to watch for 1754-1837
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I’d like to look at a Banns register for 1818 but according to Parish Registers of Wales the records do not exist.
Note that the BTs start a generation earlier than PRs
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Banns register
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Banns register
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Marriage by license
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Post 1836 Parish Register
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Pre 1813 burial (1750)
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Post 1813 burial
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Indexes First
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NBI Coverage for Wales
Breconshire 5,000
Cardiganshire 108,000
Glamorganshire 361,000
Monmouthshire 9,000
Montgomeryshire less than 1,000
Radnorshire 11,000
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Something to Remember
The National Burial Index does not include information from monumental inscriptions
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Post 1812 Burial Register
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Record Supplements/substitues
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Record Supplements/Substitutes
Parish of origin
Illegitimacy
Migration
Marriage banns, marriage license, settlement examination
Poor law, church warden accounts, vestry minutes, petty sessions, quarter sessions, probate
Electoral registers, poor law, rates (tax)
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Petty Sessions
Application of Hannah Davies against Charles Roberts Defendant appears
Hannah Davies of the parish of Llangefelach maketh Oath and saith as follows. I am unmarried .
On the 28th of January last I was delivered of a male Bastard Child at the said parish of Llangefelach in which parish I now resided. The Defendant Charles Roberts who is now present is the father of that Child. About Eighteen months ago the Defendant was in my Mother’s House with me and Thomas Lewis was then in the next Room. This was about ten oClock at night He then promised to marry me. He had been courting me for about six months previously, and Continued to court me until the month of June last when he went away to Liverpool. He frequently promised to marry me after the occasion I have spoken of During the time he was courting me he came on many occasions to my mother’s House, but I used to meet him generally every Saturday night or Sunday near my mother’s House In about a week after the birth of the Child I desired my Brother William Davies to go…
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Record Supplements/Substitutes
Poor quality or missing parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts may be supplemented by monumental inscriptions.
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Manuscript pedigrees may predate the surviving parish registers.
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Search Strategies
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Kill off your ancestor
Always search both the PRs and BTs
Census Parish Register Bishop’s Transcript
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Case Study
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