Breconshire Nonconformist Records

Wales Breconshire  Nonconformist Records

Many of the county's nonconformist chapel registers are available:
 * In an archive or library
 * Published as a booklet or on microfiche
 * On-line as transcriptions of the original registers on the IGI. (Many of the birth and christening records on the IGI have had patronymic names incorrectly applied by the transcriber).
 * On-line as part of a pay to use website
 * Usually only the christening/birth, marriage and burial registers are listed in published guides
 * About 25% of chapels have deposited their registers with an archive or library
 * Many records exist which are not considered registers that may supplement existing registers or serve as substitutes for registers that have not been deposited yet or are lost

Sources


 * Archives Network Wales
 * The Religous Census of 1851: A Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales
 * Nonconformist Registers of Wales
 * Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales