Welsh Interest Group
Description
This group is for QFHS members addressing the particular challenges of researching families in Wales. You will find us friendly, enthusiastic, and welcoming.
Our meetings usually feature a short talk or presentation, and there is always opportunity for discussion of a brick wall or a tricky research problem.
If you're unravelling your Davies, Evans, Jones, Williams or other Welsh families, then this is the group for you.
If your family hails from one of the historic counties of Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarfon, Ceredigion, Carmarthen, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, Monmouth, Montgomery, Pembroke or Radnor, then this is also the group for you.
Meetings
The group meets on the third Sunday in January, March, May, July, September, and November between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon. Presently we are meeting online using Zoom - email the convenor for details.
Next Meetings:
Convenors
Resources
You may enjoy these books - some about the Welsh and some are recommended research guide:
Presentations from previous meetings available for QFHS members:
| 2022 | Researching with patronymics - a case study |
| 2021 | Welsh comings and goings (migration) |
| 2021 | Researching in Monmouthshire |
| 2020 | Finding records in Wales |
| 2020 | Researching the Welsh using Ancestry |
| 2020 | Researching Welsh using FamilySearch |
| 2020: | Indexes: tips and traps |
| 2019: | Tracing Welsh ancestry: some links |
| 2019: | A Glamorgan family bible |
| 2019: | Researching the Welsh in Findmypast |
| 2019: | Welsh naming conundrums |
| 2019: | Exploring Welsh family history: an overview |
| 2018: | Key events in Welsh history |
| (more coming soon...) |