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Wales General
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.


Army Records     New

Burials  

Census Records

Civil Registration

Criminal Registers


Directories  &  Gazetteers
     

International Genealogical Index
Marriage Indexes

Militia Records

Miscellaneous  Records   

Newspapers & Magazines
  

Occupations    

Pedigrees

Wills
 
(Also see 'England General' as many records are grouped under the heading of England and Wales)

ARMY  RECORDS
For other Army records see the English catalogue as most Army records cover England & Wales.

The Deserter Index - Men who Deserted from the British Army 1828 - 1840
insert CD 588
Index of Army Reserve 1803 (covers England and Wales)
insert CD 2379
Welshmen in the East India Company Army
fiche Wls 36-40

BURIALS
National Burial Index for England & Wales
insert CD 2110

CENSUS
The AIGS Library holds a massive permanent collection of original English & Welsh Census records, thanks to the generosity of it's members.


1841  CENSUS
The original census records are available for many or all areas of most Counties with Pieces available on over 500 films and others on microfiche. Many films hold several Piece Numbers.
A number of Counties are now complete and others will be soon.
The Catalogue for each County has details of the films or fiche held for that area as well as an alpha sort of the Parishes covered with the relevant film or fiche number.

1851  CENSUS
The original census records are available for many or all areas of most Counties on over 700 films and with other Pieces available on microfiche. A growing number of Counties are completely covered including London & Middlesex and Cornwall.
The Catalogue for each County has details of the films or fiche held for that area as well as an alpha sort of the Parishes covered with the relevant film or fiche number.
Please note that the library also has all published indexes to this and other Census.

1861  CENSUS
The original census records are available for many areas of some Counties on many films and some on microfiche.
The Catalogue for each County has details of the films or fiche held for that area as well as an alpha sort of the Parishes covered with the relevant film or fiche number.

1871  CENSUS
The original census records are available for many areas of most Counties on over 300 films and a few on microfiche.
The Catalogue for each County has details of the films or fiche held for that area as well as an alpha sort of the Parishes covered with the relevant film or fiche number.

1881  CENSUS
Transcription project undertaken by the Family History Societies of England & Wales with the LDS Church This Census project is now available for all Counties on CD as well as on microfiche. 
See the Catalogue for individual Counties for details.

CIVIL  REGISTRATION

Births, Deaths and Marriages Indexes
GRO [St Catherines House]
Index.of Births, Deaths and Marriages for all England and Wales.1837-1900 on film in quarters
1900-1949 on fiche in quarters
1839, June Quarter, Hug-Lev  on fiche
Index of Deaths  1984 - 1988


Film

fiche
fiche
CD
Miscellaneous Indexes
GRO [St Catherines House] see England General
fiche

CRIMINAL  REGISTERS

Index to Class HO 27: 
Index to persons tried in England & Wales 1805-1816, Wales & Monmouthshire
fiche Wls 34-35

DIRECTORIES  &  GAZETTEERS

1822 Pigot's Directory of South Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Wls 50
1822 Pigot's Directory of North Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection 
fiche Wls 56
1830 Pigot's Directory of North Wales
fiche Wls 4
1830 Pigot's Directory of South Wales
fiche Wls 1
1841 Gazetteer of England & Wales
[Ask for place name]
fiche Gen 195-227
1835 Pigot's Directory of North Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Wls 51
1842/44 Pigot & Co Directory [with detailed maps]
Combined edition for:Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, North & South Wales
CD
1845 Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England & Wales
fiche Gen 138-158
1850 Pigot's Directory of South Wales
fiche Wls 2-3
1858 Slater's Directory of North Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Wls 52-53
1858 Slater's Directory of South Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Wls 54-55
1858-59 Pigot's Directory of North Wales
fiche Wls 34
1858-59 Pigot's Directory of South Wales
fiche Wls 35
1858-59 Slater's Directory of North Wales
fiche Wls 24
1858-59 Slater's Directory of South Wales
fiche Wls 25
1880 Slater's Directory of South Wales
Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection
  fiche Wls 57-60
1895 Slater's Directory of North & Mid Wales
CD
1895 Kelly's Directory of South Wales
CD
1923 Kelly's Directory of South Wales
CD

INTERNATIONAL  GENEALOGICAL  INDEX

Latest version of Family Search.
IGI Wales also on microfiche 1988 edition
CD
fiche
IGI Wales on microfiche 1992 edition
fiche
LDS Family History Locality Catalogue
[Latest version  available on CD]
Wales 1992 edition on microfiche.
fiche
LDS Family History Locality Catalogue - Wales 1993 edition on microfiche
fiche
LDS Family History Surname Catalogue 1988 edition on microfiche
fiche
LDS Family History Family Registry Index 1988 edition  on microfiche
fiche
Batch Numbers Index 1995 edition on microfiche
fiche
Parish & Vital Records List 1995 edition on microfiche
fiche

MARRIAGE  INDEXES

West Wales & Gower Marriage Bonds & Fiats, Full abstract 1612-1800
[Male & Female Index]
fiche Wls 11-17

MILITIA  RECORDS

Indexes to the Militia Musters for:
Brecknockshire Militia 1781-1782
Caernarvonshire Militia 1781-1782
Cardiganshire Militia 1781-1782
Carmarthenshire Militia 1781-1782
Flintshire Militia 1781-1782
Glamorganshire Militia 1781-1782
Merionethshire Militia 1781-1782 
Monmouthshire Militia 1781-1782
Montgomeryshire Militia 1781-1782
Pembrokeshire Militia 1781-1782
Radnorshire Militia 1781-1782

fiche Bre 1
fiche Cae 2
fiche Cgn 1
fiche Cmn 14
fiche Fln 1
fiche Gla 58-59
fiche Mer 1
fiche Mon 160
fiche Mgy 1
fiche Pem 14
fiche Rad 1

MISCELLANEOUS  RECORDS

The Return of the Owners of Land 1873
fiche Wls 32-33
Harrison & Pulling names of the UK
fiche Gen 69-75
Martin Births in England & Wales arranged by Quarter, Alphabetically & by District.
Includes a fiche of Registration Districts & Maps.
fiche Gen 411-414
Welsh  Patagonian  Family  History  Project
Set of fiche covering 1865-1900, which includes:-
Marriage Index
Burials
Births and Christenings
1895 Census
Shipping records, Voters rolls, Musters, Occupations
fiche Wls 7-10
Welsh Websites for Genealogists
insert CD 2216
History of Welsh Nonconformist Churches in Patagonia
Film Cmn 1
West Wales Historical Records
insert CD 1756
West Wales Historical Records [Vol III - XIV]
A miscellany of family and parish information for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire & Cardiganshire including Marriage Bonds 1612-1797.
insert CD 2016

NEWSPAPERS  &  MAGAZINES
The Cheshire Sheaf 1878-1934
Covers Cheshire, Chester & North Wales & includes indexes fully searcheable.
insert CD 2170

OCCUPATIONS

Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements 1863-1913 [CLIP]
insert CD 371
Seamen’s Crew List  Master Surname Index for the Ports of Scotland, Ireland & Wales
insert CD 721
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Cornwall
insert CD 417
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Aberdeen
insert CD 423
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Angus
insert CD 424
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851] Men on vessels registered in the ports of Lanarkshire
insert CD 425
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851] Men on vessels registered in the ports of Scotland Renfrewshire
insert CD 451
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Scotland South East
insert CD 426
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Scotland South West, Highlands & Islands
insert CD 426
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851]
Men on vessels registered in the ports of Wales
insert CD 865
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851] Men on vessels registered in the ports of Ulster
insert CD 864
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851] Men on vessels registered in the ports of Munster & Connaught
insert CD 862
Seamen's Crew Lists PRO [BT 98 1851] Men on vessels registered in the ports of Leinster
insert CD 863

PEDIGREES

Griffith’s Pedigrees of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire etc.
fiche Wls 41-49

WILLS

See England General for other Will Calendars and Indexes
British Probate Index 1858-1898
Contains English and Welsh Wills and Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish entries. 
Entries can also be found from around the world and from deaths many years earlier see Guide. British Probate Calendar Index 1898-1930
British Probate Calendar Index 1931-1934
British Probate Calendar Index 1935-1945
  
250 Films


103 Films
22 Films
71 Films

Calender of Wills & Administrations proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury PCC 1800-1857
41 Films
Index to Wills proved in the PCC
1750-1800  [BIA-CEZ]
1750-1800  [CHA-GYT]
1750-1800  [H-M]

   fiche Gen 116-123
fiche Gen 124-130
fiche Gen 131-137
Index to Wills proved in the National Library of Wales
insert CD 885
Testators Index to Abstracts of Original Wills St David's Diocese, Wales
Covers whole of Dyfed and West Glamorgan.
fiche Wls 5-6
Testators Index to Abstracts of Original Wills St David's Diocese, Wales 1564-1750
fiche Wls 18-23
St David's Wills 1751-1858
fiche Wls 26-31
Transcriptions of assorted English & Welsh Wills
CD

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