Many visitors to Llanidloes are interested in learning more about their ancestors, exploring their family trees and finding out more about the history of the area. If you are one of them we have provided the following contact details which we hope you find useful.
Many thanks to Cynthia Mills from Montgomeryshire family History Society for supplying us with this information.
Local and Family Research Resources (Montgomeryshire and North Radnorshire area)
Public Reference Resources
Powys County Council Archive Office
County Hall
Cefnllys Lane
Llandrindod Wells
Powys
LD1 5LG
Here you will find:
Parish registers,
Census 1841 1901,
Tithe records,
Public records (Court, Coroners, Inland Revenue etc),
Official records (Councils, Constabulary, Schools, Poor Law, Highways etc)
Non-conformist records, Deposited records (business, estate, societies etc)
Their website displays digital history and useful starting points for family and house history. A research service is also available.
Opening Times:
Apr Sept: Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sun: 1.30pm 5.00pm
(Also Mon & Tues in August)
Sat & Bank Holiday: 10.30am 5.00pm
Open at other times by arrangement (Tel: 01686 668813)
Robert Owen Museum
The Cross
Broad Street
Newtown
SY16 2BB
Some reference and background publications relative to the area
(The Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes, is always ready to advise on availability, Tel: 01686 412959, E-mail: goodbooks@btinternet.com). Please note that the following is not an extensive list.
'Welsh Family History - A Guide to Research', ed. By John Rowlands et al
A handbook of 20 specialised articles dealing with aspects of family history research which differ in Wales from those in other areas.
2nd ed. 1998 ISBN 1 86006 065X
'Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry', ed. John & Sheila Rowlands
A handbook of a further 22 specialised articles giving further guidance in researching Welsh family history.
1999
ISBN 86006 0668
'Wales after 1536 a Guide' by Donald Gregory
An outline of major religious, political, educational, economic and other issues facing the Welsh people from the Act of Union with England, through to the mid 19th Century.
1995 ISBN 0 86381318 6
'The Crisis of Community Montgomeryshire 1680-1815' by Melvin Humphreys
Deals with the great changes confronting Welsh society in the 18th Century examined through the experience of the people of Montgomeryshire.
1996 ISBN 0 7083 1315 9
'The Historical Atlas of Montgomeryshire', ed. By David Jenkins
A series of articles covering some 40 aspects of Welsh development from prehistoric times to the 1990's, accompanied by illustrative maps showing relative locations.
1999 ISBN 0 950 3613 72
'A Welsh Countryside Revisited' by Alwyn D Rees
A detailed social study and analysis of family life in Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, a rural North Montgomeryshire parish, in the late 1930's.
Enlarged edition 2003. ISBN 0 9541139 18
'Llanidloes Town and Parish an Illustrated Account' by E Ronald Morris
A photographic survey dating from the 1850's, preceded by an introduction relating to the main historical events in the story of this ancient town.
2nd edition 2003.
'Radnorshire a Historical Guide' by Donald Gregory
Radnorshire presented as Wales in microcosm prehistoric to modern times.
1995 ISBN 0 86381 284 8
The family history societies publish transcriptions of local records in the form of printed booklets, michrofiche or on CD.
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