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Ancestry.com - English and Welsh Surname Dictionary

Describes the origin of each surname, indicating from where and from what the surname is derived. It also provides information on variant spellings, pronunciations, and other related names. Available by fee-based subscription.

BBC - South East Wales Family history - Patronymic Naming

BBC - Wales - The Story of Welsh

Common Welsh Surnames

Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names

FamilySearch Wiki - Wales Personal Names

Gareth's Help Page (Technical Words) - Patronymic

Glossary of Welsh Place-Name Elements

Google Translate

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Gwybodiadur: A Welsh Informationary

Information on the Welsh Language.

Patronymics Overview

What is Patronymics? This article provides an introduction to Patronymics and the impact that it may have on your genealogy research.

Surname Navigator Wales

Provides surname searches from multiple other web-based sources.

Surnames of Wales, The

A book for sale. The updated and expanded 2013 edition, by John Rowlands and Sheila Rowlands.

The Blue Books of 1847

Wales. The 1847 Government Report on Education is important for social historians of mid nineteenth century Wales because of the wealth of information contained in it on not only the appalling state of the education system in the country, but also on everyday life and work in both the industrialised & rural areas. Genealogists can use these reports to learn the conditions of the schools, literacy rates, prevailing wages & social structure of parishes of interest. It also contains direct comment on the religious and moral standing of the people of Wales. But the blue-covered report is infamously remembered for the furore and agitation it caused in Wales because of the remarks of the three non-Welsh speaking Anglican commissioners regarding the Welsh language, Nonconformity and the morals of the Welsh people in general. Complete scanned images of the printed report from the National Library of Wales.

TypeIt - Type Accent Marks, Diacritics and Foreign Letters Online - Welsh

Welsh - The Eighth Wonder of Wales

Brief history of the survival of the Welsh language.

Welsh Language Board - Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg

Welsh Language Course

Welsh Names and Surnames

Welsh Patronymics Project