Find a Welsh Emigrant or Immigrant from Wales Record Selection Guide

Helpful information to know before starting a search
• Full name of the immigrant ancestor • Approximate year of arrival • Approximate age at arrival • Names of the immigrant’s children • Region, county, or parish of origin • Where the ancestor lived in the new country • Relatives’ names: parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins • Religious affiliations • Occupations (include all over their lifetime)

Decide what you want to learn then select the date range and what you know about the emigrant and then choose a sources to examine.

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Welsh Emigrant Record Selection Table
! scope="col" | What you want to learn ! scope="col" | Date Range ! scope="col" | What is known about the emigrant ! scope="col" | Sources
 * rowspan="5" | Place of origin
 * Pre 1790
 * Name
 * British 19th Century Surname Atlas
 * British 19th Century Surname Atlas
 * British 19th Century Surname Atlas


 * Biographies


 * County marriage indexes


 * Farm or house name


 * The surnames of Wales


 * Pre 1790
 * Name and religion
 * Settement patterns in the U.S.
 * Settement patterns in the U.S.
 * Settement patterns in the U.S.


 * Church or chapel histories


 * British 19th Century Surname Atlas


 * Biographies


 * Denominational periodicals


 * 1790-1890
 * Name and occupation
 * Death certificates
 * Death certificates
 * Death certificates


 * Obituaries


 * Denominational periodicals


 * Biographies


 * Settlement pattern by occupation


 * 1790-1890
 * Name and both parent's names
 * Welsh county marriage indexes(pre 1837)
 * Welsh county marriage indexes(pre 1837)
 * Welsh county marriage indexes(pre 1837)


 * Wales civil registration indexes


 * 1890-present
 * Name
 * Death certificates
 * Death certificates
 * Death certificates


 * Obituaries


 * Out bound passenger lists


 * Denominational periodicals


 * Parent's names
 * Pre 1790
 * Name
 * Settlement patterns
 * Denominational periodicals
 * Histories
 * Denominational periodicals
 * Histories


 * 1790-1890
 * Name
 * Obituaries
 * civil registration birth indexes (1837 forward)
 * From 1841, Wales census
 * Obituaries
 * civil registration birth indexes (1837 forward)
 * From 1841, Wales census


 * 1890 to present
 * Death certificates
 * Marriage certificates
 * Obituaries
 * Death certificates
 * Marriage certificates
 * Obituaries
 * Obituaries


 * Why they emigrated
 * all dates
 * The Rural Poor in Eighteenth Century Wales
 * Agriculture in Wales During the Napoleonic Wars
 * The Rural Poor in Eighteenth Century Wales
 * Agriculture in Wales During the Napoleonic Wars
 * Agriculture in Wales During the Napoleonic Wars


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