Findmypast Weekly Update: Wales

Over 900,000 additions to Welsh records, new and enhanced.

Wales Probate Records 1544-1858

Now, search by names, years, locations and others — over 700,000 probate records.

Caernarvonshire Parish Registers

Baptisms, marriages and burials from Llanbeblig parish have been added to this collection: baptisms (50,793); marriages (13,985); burials (25,711).

Denbighshire Burials

Over 37,000 records from Wrexham Cemetery added to this collection. As well as transcripts with the most important information, many of the records feature digitised copies of the original burial records. There is a free index with search returning transcripts of surname, forename, year, age, place of  death, burial number, burial date and  grave number at https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/service/wrexham-cemetery-burial-records-search-facility

There are 154 Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials including 9 Canadians, 7 from the WW2 RCAF and 2 from WW1.

Montgomeryshire Monumental Inscriptions

Over 17,000 new entries to this collection from 17 different locations.

Place	Year from	Year to	Record Count
Llanllugan	1784	2012	396
Llanllwchaiarn	1743	2005	2,866
Llanmerewig	1724	1998	410
Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant	1604	2009	1,291
Llansantffraid ym Mechain	1556	2006	2,221
Llanwddyn	1677	2013	1,435
Llanwnog	1716	2015	3,819
Llanwrin	1701	2006	785
Llanwyddelan	1776	2007	1,140
Llanymynech	1692	2006	2,256
Llwydiarth	1857	2012	468
Lydham	1737	2005	545
Machynlleth	1088	2018	8,539
Mainstone	1719	2004	518
Mallwyd	1914	2016	394
Manafon	1357	1998	715
Meifod	1824	1978	283

Each has an image of the monumental inscription with more information. Some even include detailed local histories and Welsh language translations.