Links to
KEY
by Reference Numbers
KEY by Parishes
Clwyd
Family History Society
WELCOME TO 'NAMES FROM
CLWYD'
Surnames and unusual first names beginning with:
These pages of names are an index to
all of the surnames and many of the more unusual first names to be
found in the
printed parish registers of Clwyd listed on my 'Key by Parishes' page -
link above. The general intention is to indicate
in which parish any of the names may be found. The original registers
were copied by volunteer members of
Clwyd Family History Society and the
resulting transcriptions printed by the Society.
You
will find that in these pages there are some first names and
surnames which are not shown in the printed transcription
indexes.
This is
because in some of the transcriptions the first names of parents,
and first names/surnames of fathers of illegitimate children, and in
some cases witnesses to marriages, were not
included in the original indexes although they are to be found in the
body of the transcription. I have cross-indexed references where it
may
be helpful and here and there, for added interest, you will find place
names and/or the meaning of a name.
In particular please read the notes at
the beginning of page J regarding JONES entries.
The Index of Welsh Wills proved at
Chester 1545-1858, copy
obtainable from Clwyd FHS, is also included in these pages, together
with extracts
from some National
Commercial Directories and reference books.
Experts may not
always agree with the 'umbrella' name
under which I have placed some of the names but this is mainly just an
index and it
is more
important to be able to identify the parish register(s)
for the name in which you are interested.
It
is my sincere hope that these pages, which have been added to
almost every day since their inception in Februrary 2007,
will become a regularly used
tool to aid research in the Clwyd area, and my grateful thanks must go to my 'technical
adviser', my son Duncan,
without
whom the pages may never have become airborne!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jill Rose (Clwyd FHS Member
No. 203)
jill.farndon25@virgin.net
Notes
A Bibliography to sources other than Parish Registers may be found at
the end of Page Z.
'Hel Achau', the quarterly journal
of the
Clwyd Family History Society (membership subscription UK/EC £12
p.a.,
overseas members £18 p.a.), contains
a 'look-up request form', which may
also be
down-loaded from their website (link to Clwyd FHS at the top of this
page). Overseas members (ie outside Europe) are entitled to
10 free look-ups in
each year. Non-members may also use this service. Details
and charges are given on the form.
The Clwyd FHS Resource Centre is at Well Street, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham
LL14 3AL.
Tel: 01978 814924
Opening hours: Tuesdays 10-7; Thursdays
10-4; Saturdays
10-2 (apart from Bank Holiday weekends).
Non-members may join at the door. Copies of all
of the transcribed and printed parish registers, as well as many other
publications, may be seen on the open
shelves at the Centre and used for research. The Society
has a full subscription to Ancestry and several computers for the use
of members - two with internet access. The Centre has plenty of parking, and
there are usually two volunteers there to help with any queries.
If you arrive in Wrexham at the railway
station you will then need to
go to the bus
station, about 1/4 mile. Once there
you need Stand 1. Arriva services 2, 2A and 2C all stop
outside the door of the
Centre. The stop is called Rhosymedre,
Somerfield. There is a 15 minute service.
For post-1837 research in the area, visit
the North Wales BMD
website.
To read past messages on the Clwyd Mailing List go to:
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