General Resource Sites

• Genealogylinks.net - UK Genealogy 
  • Wales Genealogy Links 
    • Montgomeryshire Genealogy Links 
• GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy 
  Be sure to read Guidance for First-Time Users of These Pages.
  • Wales 
    • Montgomeryshire 
• Looking 4 Kin - Montgomeryshire, Wales Genealogy Links and Chat 
• Powys Digital History Project 
  Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire.
• WorldGenWeb Project 
  • BritishIslesGenWeb Project 
    • WalesGenWeb Project 
      • Montgomeryshire GenWeb 

Government & Cities

• Index to Various Acts of Parliament of interest to the Genealogist 
• Powys County Council 

History & Culture

• 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.
  • 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 
• Metalliferous Mines of Montgomeryshire - 1896 Listing 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Cyngor Archifau Cymru / Archives Council Wales 
  • Sefydliadau Archifol Cymru / Archive Repositories in Wales 
    • Montgomeryshire County Record Office 
• Familia 
  Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland. Provides information about the libraries and their holdings.
  • Wales 
    • Powys 
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • Wales 
    • Montgomeryshire 
• The National Archives (U.K.) 
  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
  • The Catalogue 
    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
    • Help 
      • Frequently Asked Questions 
      • Glossary 
      • Hints and Tips 
      • Search Tips 
    • Research Guides: A to Z 
      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
  • Family History 
  • House History 
  • Local History 
  • Military History 
  • Search Our Collections 
    • 1901 Census of England and Wales Online 
      Pay-for-use online searchable index with online images available.
    • DocumentsOnline 
      Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.
    • Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England 
• Powys County Archives Office 

Locality Specific

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Wales Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Wales 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• POWYS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Wales, United Kingdom counties of Breconshire, Radnor, Montgomeryshire, Flint, Denbigh, Caernarfon, Anglesey, and Merionthshire.
• WLS-MONTGOMERYSHIRE Mailing List 

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• British History Online - Historical Geography 
  Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in Wales.
  • Montgomeryshire 
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 
  Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
• GENUKI: Administrative Areas of Wales 
  Shows ancient counties and their modern successors.
• MultiMap.com 
  UK based interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world.
  • Powys Maps 
• Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps 
  • Gazetteer County List - Choose a County 
    Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
• A Vision of Powys 
  • Historical Boundaries 
• Census Reports 
  Statistical tables only. No indivdual names.
  • Guide to Census Reports: Great Britain 1801-1966 
    Outlines the history of the census & describes how coverage of various topics has developed.
• Expert Search 
  • Descriptive Gazetteer Search 
    Online searchable database holds the full text of three 19th century descriptive gazetteers with a total of over 90,000 entries.
• Historical Mapping