Resources for researchers: MonGENES - the starting point for Monmouthshire Wales Research

Vision of Britain through Time: RHAGLAN/RAGLAN Historical Documents, Maps, Census, Travel writing etc.

Weather in 17th Century: See http://www.netweath er.tv/index. cgi?action= winter-history; sess=
The latter part of the 17th century is sometimes referred to as the 'little ice age' in Europe.

Also http://booty. org.uk/booty. weather/climate/ 1650_1699. htm

Wales resources on Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Wales

GENUKI - Monmouthshire: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/

Family Seatch IGI Batch Numbers: (new site) http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/index.htm

• Monmouthshire: http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/fs-mon.htm
  

Free Reg: Our objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. FreeREG is a companion project toFreeBMD (a database of the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837) andFreeCEN (a database of census information). http://www.freereg.org.uk/

Rootsweb: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L
lists2 Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. A complete Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire for 1901 can be found at the website below: There is a Web page for the MONMOUTHSHIRE mailing list at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyalbum. For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at MONMOUTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com.

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Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association - Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association was founded in 1847 andwas originally known as the Caerleon Antiquarian Association. The association has survived into the twenty-first century and has a strong membership and an important role in fostering the county’s archaeological and historical heritage.

Digitized Images of digitised images of 18th/19thC engravings in Monmouthshire:

• http://digidol.llgc.org.uk/METS/tir00001/logical?locale=en&mode=thumbnail&start=1&item=1
• http://www.ancestry images.com/ search.php? nobox=&scat= &stext=monmouths hire&stype= &sprice=& pg=1

Wales old maps 1573 -1898 (including listing of maps held in National Museum of Wales: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/WAL_pages/aaWales.htm
OR http://www.old- maps.co.uk/ index.html

National Archives - your archives. http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives wiki where you can share your knowledge of archival sources and British history.

Access to archives search engine: here is the link to Raglan Access to Archives

Monmouthshire Parishes donated by MESSRS WILLIAMS, SON, FRYCE AND TWEEDY
Solicitors, Gwent Record Archives GB0218 W&T: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O44419&scannedListDocLabel=GB0218

Family Search. Community Trees are lineage-linked genealogies from specific time periods and geographic localities around the world. The information also includes the supporting sources. Each Community Tree is a searchable database with views of individuals, families, ancestors and descendants, as well as printing options. http://histfam.familysearch.org/index.php

National Archives - BETA search tool: http://labs. nationalarchives .gov.uk/wordpres s/index.php/ 2011/03/the- discovery- service/? dm_i=MAN, GTDA,3BQI0J, 1DEGP,1

Palaeography tutorial from National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/quick_reference.htm

The British Newspaper Archive: digital resources for family researchers available soon http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/index.php

Search engine: This was just released and it works fast and clean (no pop ups or extra links).
http://mocavo. com/

Medieval searches of surnames: http://www.uiowa. edu/~acadtech/ patentrolls/


Victorian Social History: http://victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html

Old Occupations: http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/a.html

English Dialect Dictionary http://www.archive. org/details/ cu31924088038397

Welsh Names - Pronunciation http://www.welshlei gh.org/genealogy /welshnames. html

Parish Registers: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=parish%20registers%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts&page=1

Biblical Artwork from Wales: http://imagingthebible.llgc.org.uk/

Internet archive: http://www.archive.org/

Google books: http://books.google.com/

Cambrian Index on-line (Cambrian Newspaper index from 1806 - 1864 (note full articles can be accessed at Swansea Library or National Library of Wales. NOTE: The Cambrian was thefirst English-language newspaper to be published in Wales, running from 1804 - 1930: http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5673

Welsh Journals Online provides free access to scholarship from Wales. The back-numbers of up to 50 titles will be available here, ranging from academic and scientific publications to literary and popular magazines. The presentation of the journals on the web has been undertaken by the National Library of Wales with support from JISC and Welsh Assembly Government and the cooperation of publishers and authors. http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/

Gwent Record Office
Gwent Archives 01495 353363 or gwentarchives. gov.uk

> Our new contact details are:
> Telephone: 01495 353363.
> Email: enquiries@gwentarch ives.gov. uk
> Postal address: Gwent Archives, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale NP23 6DN.
> We will be opening to the public on 24th October 2011.
> Please visit our website for further information: www.gwentarchives. gov.uk

As part of their new service opening hours will be extended and, for a trial period, will include one Saturday opening a month.
Monday – Friday 9.30 – 5.00
They will open on the following Saturdays from 10.00 – 4.00
12 November 2011
10 December 2011
14 January 2012
11 February 2012
10 March 2012
14 April 2012

From October 2011 they can be contacted at: enquries@gwentarchi ves.gov.uk
or Telephone. 01495 353363.
website: http://www.gwentarchives.gov. uk/

Information about the Dukes of Beaufort and Somerset family from 10th-20th Century are held in Gloucester Archives. Read more...

Genuki has a wealth of information related to Monmouthshire.

Monmouthshire Family History has excellent resources --

• Raglan Parish Transcripts
• Link to Join Monmouthshire Family History group
  

Gwent Family History Society: The key to roots in the historic county of MONMOUTHSHIRE

NEWPORT REFERENCE LIBRARY
Newport Reference Library 01633 656656 or central.library@ newport.gov. uk
MONMOUTHSHIRE NEWSPAPERS IN STOCK, Nov. 1980
TITLE PUBLISHED IN STOCK
Abergavenny Chronicle. 1871 to date 1948 to date
Chepstow Weekly Advertiser. 1855-1916 1855
County Observer 1867-1908 1867-1908
(formerly "Usk Observer" )
Evening Star of Gwent 1877-1892 1878-1892
(known as 'South Wales Daily Times and
Star of Gwent' 1889-92)
Free Press of Monmouthshire 1910 to date 1910-1914,
(formerly 'Pontypool Free Press') 1918 to date
Gwent Gazette 1969 to date 1969 to date
(formerly 'South Wales Gazette' )
Y Glorian 1867 1867
Monmouthshire Beacon 1837 to date 1944 to date
Monmouthshire Evening Post 1908-1922 1908-1916,
1918-1922
Monmouthshire Merlin 1829-1891 1829-1847,
1849, 1851-1888
Monmouthshire Weekly Post 1908-1922 1910-1922
Newport Advertiser 1865-1871 1865-1871
Newport Gazette 1857-1870 1857-1870
Scott's Circular & Commercial Journal 1864-1865 1864-1865
Pontypool Free Press 1859-1909 1905-1909
(continued as 'Free Press of Monmouth-
shire')
South Wales Argus 1892 to date 1892,
1898 to date
South Wales Daily News 1889-1928 1908-1928
South Wales Daily Telegram 1876-1891 1876-1881
South Wales Daily Telegraph 1900-1903 1900-1903
South Wales Evening Telegram 1870-1876 1872-1876
South Wales Gazette 1888-1969 1926-1969
(continued as 'Gwent Gazette' )
South Wales Daily Star 1892-1900 1893-1899
There is a train service from Holyhead to Cardiff (includes north Wales coastal towns, then Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Abergavenny) then Pontypool, Newport and finally Cardiff. There is a Bus service from Pontypool to Abertillery. http://www.carlberr y.co.uk/rfnshowl .asp?L1=PON0021

MORE ABOUT DOMESDAY

Domesday Map of Wales

Wales Domesday project, 2009 - local statistics can also be viewed

Notice: (Reproduced in full from Kable.co.uk - http://www.kable. co.uk/wales- online-archive- 28jun10)

The Welsh government has made the 1911 census available online for free at local authority archive services across the country

The new service is available under a special deal the government has with Findmypast.co. uk, which provides family history and genealogy information for historians across the UK.

People accessing information on the website usually pay a subscription fee, but this has been waived for anyone who logs onto the site at any of the 13 local authority archive services in Wales.

Dates:
In England & Wales from the Roman times until 1751/2 - we used the
'Old Style' Julian Calendar:

25th March (Lady Day) = the start of the year (Civil, Legal &
Church documents) March was the 1st month of the year
so September was the 7th month and often written as '7ber' or 'VII ber'
October - 8th month = 8ber or 'VIII ber'
November -9 month = 9ber or 'IX ber'
December - 10th month = 10ber or 'X ber'

Over the years spanning 1751 - 52 the change was gradually made to
adopt the Gregorian 'New Style' Calendar (which had been used on the continent by seven of the Roman Catholic countries since 1582):

31 December 1750 - was followed by 1st January 1750 (as previously)
24th March 1750 - was followed by 25th March 1751 (as previously)
31st December 1751 - was followed by by 1st January 1752 (changed
start date of year)
2nd September 1752 - was followed by 14th September 1752 (11 days
lost due to adjustment to new calendar)
31st December 1752 - was followed by 1st January 1753
(Source MONFHT2)