Wales Archives and Libraries

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Archives

 * Find an archive in the UK and beyondlinks to 2,341 archives listed in The National Archives. Most archives have publications that describe their collections and how to use them. Some are online. Others are in print. If possible, study these guides before you visit or use the records, so you can use your time more effectively.
 * Cyndi's List provides 92 links to a variety of archives across a wide spectrum of specialties.

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British Newspaper Archives Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HE England
 * Website
 * Digituzed newspapers
 * Most newspapers have archival records that can be accessed. Unfortunately Wales no longer has a National Newspaper. However there are many local and regional newspapers, as well as on line newspapers. The British Newspaper Archives works in partnership with the National Archives.

County Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Record Offices
Here you will find links to Wiki articles providing information and links to archives, libraries, museums, and record offices at the county level:


 * Anglesey Archives and Libraries
 * Breconshire Archives and Libraries
 * Caernarfonshire Archives and Libraries
 * Cardiganshire Archives and Libraries
 * Carmarthenshire Archives and Libraries
 * Denbighshire Archives and Libraries
 * Flintshire Archives and Libraries
 * Glamorgan Archives and Libraries
 * Merionethshire Archives and Libraries
 * Monmouthshire Archives and Libraries
 * Montgomeryshire Archives and Libraries
 * Pembrokeshire Archives and Libraries
 * Radnorshire Archives and Libraries

Libraries
British Library at St. Pancras 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB England
 * Website Search the main catalogue
 * Explore Archives and Manuscripts
 * The British Library is the national repository for all published materials in England. Because its collection is so complex, usually only experienced researchers use it.

Guildhall Library Aldermanbury London EC2P 2EJ England
 * Website
 * Maritime Collection
 * City of London Collection
 * Guildhall Library has many guild (occupation) and business records.

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Church Libraries

 * Church in Wales : Diocesan libraries FamilySearch Library 942.9 A1

Public Libraries
Public libraries collect many published sources such as local histories, city directories, maps, newspapers, family histories, and parish registers.
 * Public Libraries in the United Kingdom This website frequently provides a link to the online catalog of each library in the directory.

Museums

 * Top 100 best museums in Wales

National Museum Cardiff Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NP UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Website Explore the Evolution of Wales Galleries online
 * National Museum Cardiff (Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd) is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

- St Fagans National Museum of History (located 4 miles west of Cardiff City Centre, just off the A4232) Cardiff CF5 6XB UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: stfagans@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people.

National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road Maritime Quarter Swansea SA1 3RD UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * The museum deals with Wales' history of industrial revolution and innovation by combining significant historical artifacts with modern technologies, such as interactive touchscreens and multimedia presentation systems.

Big Pit National Coal Museum Blaenafon Torfaen NP4 9XP UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * The museum features a range of above ground attractions including a winding house, saw mill, pithead, baths. Visitors are also taken below ground to the pit bottom where they tour the mine workings.

- National Slate Museum Llanberis Gwynedd LL55 4TY UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: slate@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of relicts of the Slate industry in Wales. The museum has displays featuring Victorian era slateworkers' cottages, the multi-media display, To Steal a Mountain, showing the lives and work of the men who quarried slate here. The museum also has the largest working waterwheel in mainland Britain. Close to the museum is the partly restored Vivian incline, a gravity balance incline where loaded slate wagons haul empty wagons back up.

- National Wool Museum Dre-fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn Llandysul Carmarthenshire SA44 5UP UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: wool@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * Historically and into the 19th century, the woollen industry in Wales, including spinning and weaving, surpassed even coal as the most important of Wales' industries. Both the mill and the village of Drefach Felindre are a national heritage site. It displays aspects of the National Flat Textile collection. As well as historic machinery, a raised walkway gives a view of textiles in production at Melin Teifi, the site's commercial woollen mill. In 2005 a Research and Collections Centre opened which includes a room dedicated to hands-on learning opportunities.

National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon, Nr Newport NP18 1AE UK Phone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: roman@museumwales.ac.uk Website
 * The National Roman Legion Museum lies inside what remains of the fortress 0f Isca Augustafortress, and contains many artefacts from the period of Isca Augusta of Legio II Augusta from Roman currency to uniforms.

- Ebbw Vale Works Museum Unit 15 Cwm Draw Industrial Estate Newtown, Ebbw Vale NP23 5AE UK Telephone: 01495 350941 Email: ev_works_at@btinternet.com Website
 * The archive contains a large number of legal and estate documents dating back to the 17th century, including the original agreements on farmland purchases for building the first furnaces and documents relating to the acquisition of ironworks and collieries during the periods of industrial expansion. The collection also has information relating to the mineral rights, water reserves, maps, plans, balance sheets, minutes of shareholder's Annual General Meetings and records on the development of processes and products, staffing and the changing skills of the personnel of the works.

Record Offices

 * Research your family history using the General Register Office Gov.UK guide.
 * Research your family history using the General Register Office Gov.UK guide.

The General Register Office (part of the Identity and Passport Service) houses government birth, marriage, and death certificates from 1 July 1837 to the present for all of England and Wales. Copies may be obtained either online or by post from the General Register Office or from the local register office where the event was registered.

Ordering certificates
Postal address: Certificate Services Section General Register Office PO Box 2 Southport PR8 2JD England

Telephone: +44 (0)300 123 1837 (8am to 8pm Monday to Friday. Saturday 9am to 4pm) Email: certificate.services@gro.gsi.gov.uk@undefined Certificate ordering service

General Guides
Some guides to English archives and libraries are:
 * Foster, Janet, and Julia Sheppard. British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom. 3rd ed. New York: Stockton Press Ltd., 1995. (FS Library book 1995; computer number 0763911.) (BYU FS Library book CD 1040 .F67 2001 4th ed.) This guide lists addresses, major records, and publications of various repositories in the United Kingdom. It is indexed by county and by type of collection.
 * Iredale, David. Enjoying Archives: What They Are, Where to Find Them, How to Use Them. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore &amp; Co. Ltd., 1985. (FS Library book 1985; computer number 0183662.) This guide describes the heritage of documents in Great Britain and a few of the archives where documents are stored. It explains the work of the county record office, how the staff preserves manuscripts, and a method for reading old records.
 * Moulton, Joy Wade. Genealogical Resources in English Repositories. Columbus, Ohio: Hampton House, 1988. Supplement published 1992. (FS Library book ; computer number 0469640.) (BYU FS Library book CS 414 .X1 M94 1996.) This book contains addresses and describes the holdings of county record offices, genealogical and family history societies, and other repositories. Maps of repository locations are included.
 * Tallon, Maura. Item 8 on film.