Denbighshire Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Societies
Clwyd Family History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd) St Margaret's Church Hall Garden Village Wrexham, Denbighshire LL11 2SH UK Telephone (Resource Center): 01978 814924 Email: [mailto:secretary@clwydfhs.org.uk secretary@clwydfhs.org.uk] Website: Clwyd Family History Society


 * The Clwyd Family History Society was founded in 1980 to encourage the study of genealogy and family history in north-east Wales, and to provide a forum for people who are interested in these subjects to meet, and to help each other.

Flintshire Historical Society Dyserth Community Hall Cwm Road Dyserth, Denbighshire LL18 6AB UK Telephone: 01745 332220 Email: [mailto:info@flintshirehistoricalsociety.org.uk info@flintshirehistoricalsociety.org.uk] Email #2: [mailto:normaparker2011@gmail.com normaparker2011@gmail.com] Website: Flintshire Historical Society


 * The Society was founded in 1911 for the collection and publication of archaeological, historical information, and materials relating to the then County of Flint.

Denbighshire Societies
Cefn Meiriadog Historical Society Cefnmeiriadog Chapel Vestry Telephone: 01745 730498 Website: Cefn Meiriadog Historical Society

Chirk History Society Chirk Parish Hall Holyhead Road Wrexham LL14 5NA UK Telephone: 01691 777527 Email: [mailto:graham@uk1.org graham@uk1.org] Website: Chirk History Society


 * The society aims to give its members a variety of talks, some are specific to the area of Chirk others are of a more general nature and have included such topics as Gothic Art, Architecture, The Titanic, Researching the history of your house, and Cathedrals and Abbeys of England.

Denbighshire Historical Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Ddinbych) Telephone: 02089 406440 Email: [mailto:lucyewilliams54@gmail.com lucyewilliams54@gmail.com] Email #2: [mailto:chris.k.roberts@btinternet.com chris.k.roberts@btinternet.com]


 * The Society's objective is the advancement of the education of the public by the promotion of the study of the history of the county, including family history, literature, folk-lore, archaeology, and all the various subjects which come under the designation of "antiquities".

Llangollen Museum of Local History (Amgueddfa Llangollen Hanes Lleol) Amgueddfa Llangollen Museum Parade Street Llangollen, Denbighshire LL20 8PW UK Telephone: 01978 862862 Email: [mailto:enquiries@llangollenmuseum.org.uk enquiries@llangollenmuseum.org.uk] Website: Hanes Llangollen History Society Website: Llangollen Museum


 * Hanes-Llangollen-History was a small local history society based in Llangollen. They met four times a year for talks and outside visits and undertook projects of an educational or restoration nature.  In 2016, the society decided to merge with the Llangollen Museum.

Llay History Group St Martin's Church Hall Market Square Llay, Wrexham LL12 0TN UK Telephone: 07972 855653 Email: [mailto:llayhistorygroup@gmail.com llayhistorygroup@gmail.com] Website: Llay History Group

Rhuddlan Local History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Lleol Rhuddlan) Ysgol Y Castell Hylas Lane Rhuddlan Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 5AG UK Email: [mailto:rhuddlanhistorysociety@outlook.com rhuddlanhistorysociety@outlook.com] Website: Rhuddlan Local History Society


 * The society was set up in 2008 for members to enjoy finding out more about the history of Rhuddlan, for example, what was it like 100 years ago, how was their education, how did they earn their living, what was their housing like, if they became ill what was the medication that was available, and so much more.