Merionethshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Merionethshire

Topics

 * Merionethshire Nonconformist Records
 * Merionethshire Poor Law Unions

Research tools

 * The North Wales BMD. A searchable index of births marriages and deaths within the county of Merionethshire from 1837 to around 1950.

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

Useful websites

 * NorthWalesBMD indexes 1837-1950
 * more Merionethshire websites ...

Did you know

 * Portmeirion the Italianate resort village created by Clough Williams-Ellis on the coastal headland between Porthmadog and Penrhyndeudraeth, was the setting for the 1960s cult television series The Prisoner.


 * Merionethshire played an important role in the history of the Welsh slate industry, with major quarrying centres at Blaenau Ffestiniog and Corris.