Welsh St. Donats, Glamorgan, Wales Genealogy

History
Welsh St. Donats, a parish, in the union of Cardiff, hundred of Cowbridge, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 2 miles (E. N. E.)from Cowbridge. This place was formerly in the parish of Llanblethian, from which it has been separated. It comprises 2175 acres, of which 215 are common or waste.Caercady, the property of John Thomas, Esq., R.N.,is a genteel mansion, built by the late Colonel Jenkins, one of the auditors of the public accounts, from whom it came by marriage to its present proprietor.The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanblethian: the impropriate tithes,payable to the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester,have been commuted for a rent-charge of £116. 9. 11.,and the vicarial tithes for one of £50. The church possesses no claim to architectural notice. The benefits of the Cowbridge National school extend to this parish. Miss Leyson, about the year 1774, bequeathed a rent-charge of £5 for distribution among the poor, who also formerly received the benefit of abequest of £5. 10. by an unknown donor.

Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 304-317. Date accessed: 07 May 2013.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Several Internet sites list names or indexes to the records, including:


 * FreeBMD
 * Ancestry.co.uk (£)
 * Findmypast (£)
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk (£)

Census records
Census for the entire country was started in 1841 and continued every ten years. The most recent census available to the public is 1911. Learn more about these records by reading the census article.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Go to Glamorgan Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in Wales. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.