Wales Coffee Chat

This coffee chat meets on a rotation basis on Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Watch the local events calendar for dates and times. People meet online by Zoom to chat about their successes and frustrations. Sharing your experiences might help someone else in the group.

To register or for more information, contact: coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Facilitator: Eunice Robinson

Announcements & News

The following is an example of books held in the BCGS library that pertain to Wales. If you are looking for a particular book, check the Library Catalogue and then come for a visit. Reference Books must remain in the library but all others can be checked out by BCGS members for two weeks.

National Library of Wales Search the collections online.

Wales, FamilySearch Research Wiki FamilySearch guide to Wales family history - birth, marriage and death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Images of Wales , Welsh churches and chapels. John Ball and guest photographers

Association of Family History Societies of Wales

Welsh History Collections Search the catalogue of the Welsh local history collection at the Insitute for Historical research. The collections cover Welsh history from the early middle ages to the present day. 

Military

Wales Remembers WWI This site traces the causes, events and impact of the war on the people of Wales between 1914 and 1918.

Welsh Places

Tallis Topographical Gazetteer (John Ball) Maps, place names, glossary and sounds

Brynmawr Wales History

Relevant Books in BCGS Library

Important Websites

Please refer to the calendar on Home Page to find the date of the next scheduled coffee chat.

A Guide to Genealogical Sources at The National Library of Wales Department of Manuscripts & Records Call No. 942.9 NLW

Researching Family History in Wales ISTANCE, Jean; CANN, E. E. Call No. 929 IST

A History of Wales DAVIES, John Call No. 929.2 DAV

The Surnames of Wales for Family Historians and Others. ROWLANDS, John; ROWLANDS, Sheila Call No. 929.4 ROW