Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy

WalesCaernarfonshire

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Historic Caernarfonshire
Caernarfonshire (Welsh: Sir Gaernarfon), previously spelt as Caernarvonshire and Carnarvonshire, was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was a maritime county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Denbighshire, and to the south by Merionethshire. The county was created under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 and included the cantrefi of Llŷn; Arfon; Arllechwedd; and the the commote of Eifionydd, the northern portion of cantref of Dunoding.

The administrative county of Caernarfonshire, with an elected county council, was created in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888.

Motto: Cadernid Gwynedd (English: The strength of Gwynedd)

Chapman Code: CAE

1974-1996 Gwynedd


Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county and administrative county of Caernarfonshire were abolished, for both local government and ceremonial purposes, on April 1, 1974. The whole of Caernarfonshire became part of the newly formed county of Gwynedd, which covered the whole of north-west Wales, and was split into the districts of Dwyfor, Arfon and Aberconwy.

Modern Gwynedd


Following further local government reorganisation, the county of Gwynedd was re-structured, and on April 1, 1996, while the former Caernarfonshire districts of Dwyfor and Arfon remained in Gwynedd, the Aberconwy district became part of the newly formed county borough of Conwy.

Topics

 * Caernarfonshire Census Surname Index
 * Caernarfonshire Census Surname Index A-K
 * Caernarfonshire Nonconformist Records
 * Caernarfonshire Poor Law Unions

Parishes
See a list of parishes in Caernarfonshire with links to their pages.

Websites

 * RootsChat Caernarvonshire Resources and Help pages. (Free).

Archives &amp; Libraries


 * Gwynedd Archives

Scroll down the page to where you see on the left side Rhagorol On-line Catalogue and click on that link. You will then have the option to select either "Browse" or "Search" the Archives. If you choose to browse, category XD relates to chapel records.

Census


 * Download of the 1851 Aber Census Indexes
 * Llyn Peninsula Census 1861

Church records


 * Caernarfon - Pew Rentals
 * Conwy St Mary's Parish MIs

Civil Registration


 * North Wales Births Marriages &amp; Deaths

Genealogy


 * Rootsweb Caernarfonshire board
 * BBC Wales north-west genealogy