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National Library of Wales

• Geoweb (Printed Materials) - (dead link)
  "The online catalogue of printed materials, GeoWeb, includes records for upwards of 1,500,000 titles. The vast majority are publications processed after 1974, but a growing number of earlier records are added regularly, as part of our retrospective conversion programm."
• CAIRS-web (Non-print Materials)
  "CairsWeb offers similar search facilities to GeoWeb, and the views available on the database enable the user to search three categories of material. The Framed Works of Art database covers the Library's substantial holdings of art works, mainly of Welsh interest, with fine examples of landscape, portraiture and genre pictures. Digitised examples of over 4000 works are provided on these pages. The Map database now includes the complete records of all maps accessioned since 1984, all antiquarian maps and atlases, all architectural plans and drawings, and most of the Library's railway plans and drawings."
• Maldwyn (The Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript)
  "The Maldwyn database is an index to Welsh poetry found in manuscript sources and dated before 1830. Among the search options available are first line, last line, poet, metre, type and subject."
• Ymgyrchyu!
  A Century of Political and Social Campaigning in Wales
  "This site presents social and political campaigning in Wales during the twentieth century through the use of digitised images of original documents, photographs and sound and video files. The campaigns voice the rights of various groups, for example the right of women to vote, or the right of miners and quarrymen to fair wages and decent working conditions."

A2A: The Access to Archives Project
"The Public Record Office is the repository of the national archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom...The PRO is the treasure house of the nation's memory. Included on its 90 miles of shelving are a hugely diverse range of historical documents including returns for parliamentary elections in 1275, lists of Elizabeth I's jewels, Shakespeare's will, Guy Fawkes' confession, and the first American newspaper. There is Captain Bligh's account of the mutiny on The Bounty, Napoleon's post mortem, decrypts of the British Ambassador's despatches describing the start of the Russian Revolution, the abdication instrument signed by Edward VIII, minutes of Churchill's war cabinet and and 617 squadron's account of the busting of the Mohne and Eder dams. The PRO is an invaluable resource for academic researchers, local historians, genealogists and many other groups of readers."

About Maesteg
"A reference point for students of all ages with an interest in the local history of the Llynfi Valley in South Wales, U.K.

Criminal Statistics - England and Wales 1999
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 1999-2000
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty, December 2000

Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
"The Gazetteer is a catalogue of markets and fairs in medieval England and Wales. This is the first comprehensive national survey ... The Gazetteer is a major reference work which it is hoped will become a primary research tool for historians, historical geographers and economists. The Gazetteer will also be of use to non-professionals, for example those interested in local studies. It aims to provide as much information as possible regarding the establishment and operation of markets and fairs from c.900 onwards. The appeal of the Gazetteer will extend beyond those interested in the medieval period, as the markets and fairs established at this time formed the core of the network which survived into the sixteenth century and beyond."
- Compiled by Dr. Samantha Letters, Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research

Digital Library of Historical Directories
"...a digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales."
"Directories of counties and towns are among the most important sources for local and genealogical studies. They include lists of names, addresses and occupations of the inhabitants of the counties and towns they describe, and successive editions reflect the changes in the localities over a period of time...This online collection will bring together a greater number and range of directories than any one repository could provide."
- University of Leicester New Opportunities Fund

Kidwelly History
Research the Ancient Borough in Wales, U.K.
By William Jeffrey Mansel

NWI Welsh Genealogy Page - (dead link)

Powys Digital History Project (Welsh or English)
"Our aim is to tell the local history of communities in the heart of Wales using sources which include archive documents, photographs, and early maps."

UK Genealogy
The Portal of UK Genealogy Research
"There is a page of resources for each country and county in the UK. In addition to genealogy links there are links to other sites of local interest and online maps of the area."

Uniting the Kingdoms?
"The exhibition looks at some key themes in the history of the Middle Ages. It is an introduction for readers new to the subject and a reference tool for those studying the period. It also provides images of over seventy key documents."
Includes five main galleries (Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland and France), maps, and monarchs.
- Public Record Office (PRO)

Wales: History & Culture
From the Britannia: British History page.

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