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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

• Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names

• Gareth's Help Page (Technical Words) - Patronymic

• Glossary of Welsh Place-Name Elements

• Gwybodiadur: A Welsh Informationary

  Information on the Welsh Language.

  • The Dreaded LL Sound

• IGI and Patronymics

• Patronymics Overview

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

• Some Common Welsh Surnames & Patronymics

• Surname Navigator Wales

  Provides surname searches from multiple other web-based sources.

• 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.

  • Immoral Character of the Population

  • Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales - Part 1: Carmarthen, Glamorgan and Pembroke

  • Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales - Part 2: Brecknock, Cardigan, Radnor and Monmouth

  • Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales - Part 3: North Wales, comprising Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Meirioneth and Montgomery

  • The Welsh Language

• The relevance of surnames in genealogy

  From the Society of Genealogists (UK). Explains the history behind the taking of surnames and the difficulty of reliance on surnames in modern genealogy.

• 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 for Monumental Inscriptions

• Welsh Language Board - Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg

• Welsh Language Course

• Welsh Names and Surnames

• Welsh Patronymics