Welsh Family History A Guide To Research

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Welsh Family History
A Guide to Research. Second Edition
John Rowlands and Sheila Rowlands, eds.
Softbound   volume totaling
325
pages. Book is in new  condition. Per the publisher.
This handbook on Welsh genealogy deals primarily with those  aspects of family history research that are unique to Wales. Originally  published by the Association of Family History Societies of Wales, it is  considered the best book ever written on Welsh genealogy. It is certainly a very  comprehensive handbook, with over twenty chapters treating the essential  elements of Welsh genealogy. Each of the chapters is written by a specialist and  is designed to guide the reader through the pitfalls and challenges of Welsh  family history research. Chapters include: Archives in Wales, Family History  Societies of Wales, Parish Registers, Civil Registration and the Census,  Nonconformity, Surnames of Wales, Place Names, Basic Welsh for Family  Historians, the IGI for Wales, Estate Records, Maritime Records, Wills,  Education, and Parochial Records, Court Records, and Manuscript and Printed  Pedigrees.
For this new second edition, each author was given the  opportunity to update his or her text in the light of recent developments,  particularly in the area of local government and archives. While this has led to  significant changes in a number of chapters, the aims and objectives of the  first edition have been carefully preserved.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"If I had Welsh ancestry, I would want this book."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 23.
"It is an excellent addition to foreign research manuals."--AMERICAN REFERENCE  BOOKS ANNUAL (1995), p. 205.
"Readers with 18th and 19th century Welsh ancestry will find this book to be of  immense value in providing necessary background information...Highly  recommended."--THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Vol. 125, No.  4.
"This book is strongly recommended as an educational tool for genealogists who  work at broadening their knowledge of research, as well as an essential guide  for anyone who has difficult Welsh lines or plans a trip to Wales itself."
--NATIONAL  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol. 82, No. 3.
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