Cardiganshire Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Societies
Dyfed Family History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Dyfed) Cardigan Branch The Stable Room Cardigan Castle Green Street Cardigan, Ceredigion SA43 1JA UK Telephone: 01239 831310 Email: [mailto:alma.stanford@hotmail.co.uk alma.stanford@hotmail.co.uk] Carmarthen Branch Bethania Chapel Priory Street Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire UK Telephone: 01554 891241 Email: [mailto:ericdavies5@tiscali.co.uk ericdavies5@tiscali.co.uk] Haverfordwest Branch Prendergast Church Hall Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 2PF UK Telephone: 01646 650250 Email: [mailto:cate.hobbs@icloud.com cate.hobbs@icloud.com] Llandovery (Upper Towy Valley) Branch The Dolaubran Complex Brecon Road Llandovery, Carmarthenshire SA20 0RB UK Telephone: 01550 721101 Email: [mailto:moiracl47@btinternet.com moiracl47@btinternet.com] Llanelli Branch Llanelli Library Vaughan Street Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3AS UK Telephone: 01267 267039 Email: [mailto:lindammartin@btinternet.com lindammartin@btinternet.com] London Branch The Family History Centre 64-68 Exhibition Road Kensington, London SW7 2PA UK Telephone: 0207 9230302 Email: [mailto:annabrueton@gmail.com annabrueton@gmail.com]

Email: [mailto:secretary@dyfedfhs.org.uk secretary@dyfedfhs.org.uk] Website: Dyfed Family History Society


 * The Society was founded in 1982 to encourage and assist people in all parts of the world who are pursuing family history research related to Dyfed which comprises the old counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire. The Society also welcomes members who have no Dyfed ancestors but are interested in Dyfed history generally.

Llanelli Historical Society Website: Llanelli Historical Society


 * The website gives a history of Llanelli from the time it started being an industrial force. Also given are details concerning the baptismal records of the town, a census index from 1881, registers of births, marriages and deaths, geology of 1902, and historical descriptions of the different industries in the town, including coal, steel, and tin.

Cardiganshire Societies
Aberaeron Society (Cymdeithas Aberaeron) Y Faenol Lampeter Rd Aberaeron, Ceredigion SA46 0ED UK Email: [mailto:project@cymdeithasaberaeron.org project@cymdeithasaberaeron.org] Website: Aberaeron Society


 * The Aberaeron Society works to celebrate, interpret, and present the maritime, architectural, and social history and heritage of Aberaeron and the surrounding district.

Blaenpennal Historical Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Blaenpennal) Telephone: 01974 251231 Email: [mailto:blaenpennal@fsmail.net blaenpennal@fsmail.net] Website: Blaenpennal Historical Society


 * The Society was established in 2011 to record the history and culture of Blaenpennal and Bontnewydd. It was a prime objective of the Society to record their findings in a book for the benefit of future generations.

Cardiganshire Family History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Ceredigion) St David's Church Hall Bath St Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2NN UK Email: [mailto:ymholiadau@cgnfhs.org.uk ymholiadau@cgnfhs.org.uk] Website: Cardiganshire Family History Society


 * The Society was formed in 1995 to encourage the study of genealogy and family history in Cardiganshire by those having family connections with the county wherever they may live.

Ceredigion Historical Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Ceredigion) Council Chamber Penglais Rd National Library of Wales Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3BU UK Email: [mailto:ymholiadau@cymdeithashanesceredigion.org ymholiadau@cymdeithashanesceredigion.org] Website: Ceredigion Historical Society


 * The aim of the Society is to preserve, record, and promote the study of the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion.

Ceredigion Local History Forum (Fforwm Hanes Lleol Ceredigion) Llwyncelyn Village Hall Llwyncelyn Aberaeron, Ceredigion SA46 0HF UK Telephone: 01970 832573 Email: [mailto:lhf@taliesin.co.uk lhf@taliesin.co.uk] Website: Ceredigion Local History Forum


 * The main purpose of the Forum is to act as an umbrella group, bringing together all the societies and organisations who are involved with local history, heritage, and family history within the county of Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire), with the aim of raising the profile of local history within the county.

Cilcennin History Club (Clwb Hanes Cilcennin) Village Hall Ciliau Aeron Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 8RF UK Email: [mailto:tmorgan37@googlemail.com tmorgan37@googlemail.com] Email #2: [mailto:raywilliamsvet@yahoo.co.uk raywilliamsvet@yahoo.co.uk] Website: Cilcennin Local History Group


 * The club has focused over last two years on the ancestral history within their parish, listing all the gravestones in the village cemetery and detailing inhabitants of households from the 1841 census onwards. Many local family histories have also been investigated. It has also been working on the links between six families that left Cilcennin on the 1st April 1818 to settle in Gallia and Jackson counties in Southeast Ohio. These six families and over 3000 others that followed them over the next forty years are the focus of bicentenary celebrations in June this year where they hope to welcome over 50 visitors from the U.S. to their small communities here in Ceredigion.  Their story is well documented in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (see: The Wales-Ohio Project) and they hope to list their findings under the banner of The People's Collection Wales over the next few months.  They have a village website www.cilcennin.wales (.cymru) which does detail some elements of their work and listings of how to contact them.

Lampeter History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed) Old Hall University of Wales Trinity St. David Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7ED UK Telephone: 01570 422769 Email: [mailto:hanesllambed@btinternet.com hanesllambed@btinternet.com] Website: Lampeter History Society


 * The aims of the Society are to meet and discuss aspects of Lampeter’s past and its place in the history of the Teifi valley and Ceredigion, discover and record information about Lampeter’s past, produce and publish research into particular pieces of Lampeter history, support the conservation and preservation of our local heritage with other organisations, and promote and present Lampeter’s past to the local community and visitors.

Llanddewi Aberarth History Society Telephone: 01545 571349 Email: [mailto:maureenroy@btinternet.com maureenroy@btinternet.com]

Llandysul and District Local History Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Lleol Llandysul a'r Fro) Tysul Hall Llandysul New Rd Llandysul, Ceredigion SA44 4HS UK Telephone: 07989 127396 Email: [mailto:hanesllandysul@gmail.com hanesllandysul@gmail.com] Website: Llandysul and District Local History Society

Llangynfelyn Heritage Society (Cymdeithas Treftadaeth Llangynfelyn) Community Hall (Llanfach) Taliesin, Ceredigion Telephone: 01970 832573 Email: [mailto:treftadaeth@taliesin.co.uk treftadaeth@taliesin.co.uk] Website: Llangynfelyn Parish


 * The Society's aim is to encourage interest in the history and heritage of the parish of Llangynfelyn and the surrounding area.

Llansantffraed Historical Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Llansantffraed) Llanon Reading Room Pentraeth Llanon Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 5HS UK Email: [mailto:secretary@llanon.org.uk secretary@llanon.org.uk] Website: Llansantffraed Historical Society

Newcastle Emlyn History Society Telephone: 01239 710620 Email: [mailto:kjones4717@aol.com kjones4717@aol.com]

Y Ferwig and District Historical Society Telephone: 01239 621739 Email: [mailto:hanes.ferwig@hotmail.co.uk hanes.ferwig@hotmail.co.uk]