Parish RegistersThis is part of a page from a register from the parish of Penrhosllugwy on Anglesey. The original register is held by Anglesey County Record Office, but you can see pages from it on the main part of the GTJ website (but don't forget to answer the quiz questions!).

Question 1: Why are parish registers a useful source for family historians?

1.   ?    They record all the births, deaths and marriages in a parish.
2.   ?    In the old days everyone used to go to the parish church.
3.   ?    Before 1837, there was no civil registration of births, marriages and deaths.
4.   ?    You can find them all on the Internet.

More on Parish RegistersThese parish registers are from Anglesey County Record Office and Gwynedd Archives Service. You can see pages from these and other registers on the main part of the website. (But don't forget to do the quiz!)

Question 2: What change was introduced to parish registers in 1754?

1.   ?    It was made compulsory to keep them in the 'parish chest'.
2.   ?    Separate registers had to be used for marriages.
3.   ?    Registers had to be written in English instead of Latin
4.   ?    Registers in Wales could be written in Welsh

Nonconformist Chapel RecordsThis is part of a page from the Baptism Register of the Swansea Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1809 - 45. The original register is held by the West Glamorgan Archives Service. You can see more pages from the register on the main part of the website. But remember to come back and answer the question!

Question 3: Nonconformist chapel records may be a good source for family historians because

1.   ?    Nonconformist chapels kept good records.
2.   ?    They can fill in gaps if parish registers are missing
3.   ?    Some people chose not to attend the parish church

School Log BooksThis is part of a page from the logbook of Towyn British School, 1863 - 76. The original logbook is held by Meirionnydd Archives, Gwynedd Archives Service, but you can see more pages from it on the main part of the website. Don't forget to come back and finish the quiz!

Question 4: School log books can be useful to family historians because

1.   ?    They list all the children in a school.
2.   ?    They contain complete records of the best pupils in the school
3.   ?    They contain some information about some pupils

Workhouse RecordsThis is part of a page from the admission and discharge register for Neath workhouse, 1868. The original register is held by West Glamorgan Archives Service, but you can see pages from the register on the main part of the website. (But remember to answer the question!)

Question 5: It's worth looking at workhouse records if you think the ancestor you are tracing

1.   ?    had fallen on hard times
2.   ?    was convicted of a petty crime
3.   ?    is recorded in a census return as 'on outdoor relief'
4.   ?    lived in an almshouse

Maps This is part of an Ordnance Survey map showing Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan, 1875. You can see the whole of the map on the main part of the website.

Question 6: Which of the following maps are useful to family historians?

1.   ?    Nineteenth and early twentieth century large-scale Ordnance Survey maps
2.   ?    Modern street maps
3.   ?    Tithe maps
4.   ?    All of these

DirectoriesThis is part of a directory for Merthyr Tydfil held by Merthyr Tydfil library. You can see more pages from the directory on the main part of the website.

Directories, such as Kelly's or Post Office Directories, are a useful source of information for those researching their family history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Question 7: Directories are particularly useful to family historians who are tracing ancestors who were

1.   ?    tradesmen
2.   ?    professionally qualified
3.   ?    described as 'gentleman'
4.   ?    any of these

Registers of Electors This photograph from the Pembrokeshire Record Office shows Mrs. Pankhurst, the prominent suffragette, addressing a meeting at Haverfordwest about 1908. See this image on the main part of the website.

Question 8: Registers of electors are a useful source of information for family historians, because they are lists of names and addresses of

1.   ?    all adults
2.   ?    all men over 21
3.   ?    landowners
4.   ?    all those entitled to vote

Finding original records - how the Internet can helpOnce you really get going on your family history, you will need to look at original records such as parish registers, school logbooks or possibly workhouse records.

Question 9: The Internet can be a good place to start looking for these because

1.   ?    It's got copies of all the original records
2.   ?    It can help you to find out where the original records are held.
3.   ?    I can put the name of the ancestor I am looking for into a search engine and find out everything there is to know about him or her
4.   ?    Its easier to read things on the Internet than in original records

Finding original records - places to visitOriginal records (such as parish registers and school logbooks) and sources such as trade directories and maps are very useful to family historians tracing their ancestors in Wales.

Question 10: These sources are held by

1.   ?    local record offices/archive services
2.   ?    The National Library of Wales
3.   ?    local studies libraries
4.   ?    All of these