Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire

Topics

 * The Rebecca Riots
 * Carmarthenshire Nonconformist Records
 * Carmarthenshire Poor Law Unions

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?

 * Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (English: The Black Book of Carmarthen), written circa 1250, is thought to be the earliest surviving manuscript written in the Welsh language. The book contains a collection of poetry and is now held at the National Museum at Aberystwyth.
 * Dylan Thomas wrote many of his major works in the Boathouse in Laugharne, set into a cliff overlooking the Tâf Estuary.

Useful websites

 * Carmarthenshire Family History Society
 * Carmarthenshire War Memorials


 * more Carmarthenshire websites ...

Things you can do

 * Visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales at Llanarthne in the Tywi Valley.