Denbighshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Denbighshire

Topics

 * Denbighshire Parish Registers available on-line or in print.
 * Denbighshire Burial Records available in print.
 * Denbighshire Nonconformist Registers available on-line, in print or on CD.
 * Denbighshire Archives. Details of archives covering the historic county.
 * Clwyd Family History Society Resource Centre in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham.
 * The Collieries in Denbighshire. Information on the collieries in the Denbighshire coalfield.
 * The Gresford Disaster. The disaster which occurred in 1934 at Gresford colliery.
 * Denbighshire Poor Law Unions

Research tools

 * The North Wales BMD. A searchable index of births marriages and deaths within the county of Denbighshire from 1837 to around 1950.
 * Wrexham Cemetery burial records. On-line search for burials.
 * Wrexham Open Church Network Graveyard Search. Currently available for Marchwiel (St Marcella's Church); Holt (St Chad's Church) and Ruabon (St Mary's Church)

Jurisdictions

 * Hamlet
 * Parish: an area of varying size under the responsibility of a clergyman of the Church of England/Church in Wales
 * Hundred: an administrative subdivision of a county, usually a group of two or more parishes
 * Sub-district: comprised of more than one civil parish
 * Registration District
 * Poor Law Union
 * Archdeaconry
 * Diocese
 * County

Did you know?
Famous people from Denbighshire


 * Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Born in the town of Denbigh on January 28, 1841 as John Rowlands. He spent some of his early life in the workhouse at St Asaph. After emigrating to America he became a journalist and explorer. He died on London, England on May 10, 1904.


 * John Godfrey Parry-Thomas. Born in Wrexham on April 6, 1884, the son of a curate. He became an engineer and motor-racing driver. He was killed at Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire in March 3, 1927 while attempting to break the world land speed record in his car, Babs. He is buried in Byfleet, Surrey, England.


 * George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem. Born in the family estate at Acton Hall, Wrexham on May 15, 1645. He later became a High Court judge and presided over the Bloody Assizes at which harsh sentences were handed out to the Duke of Monmouth's followers at Monmouth's Rebellion, after which he became infamous as The Hanging Judge. Having rising to the position of Lord Chancellor he later fell out-of-favour and died while in custody in the Tower of London, England, on April 18, 1689.


 * Elihu Yale. Born on April 5, 1649, in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale's ancestry can be traced back to the family estate at Plas yn Iâl near the village of Llandegla. The name Yale is the English spelling of the Welsh place name, Iâl. Yale was a wealthy businessman and became the first benefactor and namesake of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He died in London, England on July 8, 1721, and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Giles in Wrexham.

Useful websites

 * NorthWalesBMD indexes 1837-1950
 * Clwyd Family History Society
 * more Denbighshire websites ...