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From: Hugh Watkins <>
Subject: National Library of Wales was Re: Copyright
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:32:23 +0100
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Daniel Morgan wrote:

> On Apr 3, 2:10 pm, Hugh Watkins <> wrote:
>
>>The National Library of Wales is going the same route as Nova Scotia and
>
>
> Can you amplify this a little. I am aware that Nova Scotia's vital
> records went online recently. What exactly is the NLW going to do? And
> when? And how?

In the summer of 2006 contracts were signed between NLW and the Church
in Wales and GSU to digitize and index all he parish registers of Wales

The Society http://www.gensocietyofutah.org/default.asp

The Genealogical Society of Utah is dedicated to gathering, preserving,
and sharing genealogical information throughout the world.

Established in 1894, it is an incorporated, nonprofit educational
institution entirely funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Its headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA with local
representatives in all parts of the world.

local organiser
http://www.gensocietyofutah.org/country.asp?countryid=537

Representative

Name: Keith Withington
Telephone: +44 (0) 121 384 9921
Email:
Address: Genealogical Society of Utah, 185 Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands, United Kingdom, B76 1JU


Filming started in Gwent RO in October and has been completed

Baptisms, up to 1906
Marriages up to 1921
Burials up to 1958
these dates were decided by NLW upon legal advice from a consultant

The Monmouthshire film is begining to show in the catalogue on
familysearch.org
http://www.familysearch.org/ and if so is available in the usual places


Glamorgan filming should be finished by now but will be awaiting
cataloguing in Salt Lake City

the contract included providing NLW with an indexed hard disk of images
within about 2 years

and all these PR will be made available in all welsh record offices and
later on familysearch.org

Hugh W

Jones of Raglan MON
Watkins of Usk, Llanfair Cilgedin, Abergavenny

========== examples ===========

Place Search

England, Monmouth, Abergavenny
England, Monmouth, Abergavenny - Church records

Parish registers of Holy Trinity Church, Abergavenny, 1888-1958 Church
of England. Holy Trinity Church (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)

Microfilm of original records in possession of Gwent Record Office,
Cwm-brân, Wales.Gwent Record Office no.: D/Pa 70.1-70.2, 70.5-70.8,
70.10-70.11, 70.17.


Parish registers of St. Mary's Church, Abergavenny, 1653-1957 Church of
England. St. Mary's Church (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)

For a printable version of this record click >> here << then click your
browser's Print button.

or to get the film numbers

======================

Title
Parish registers of Holy Trinity Church, Abergavenny, 1888-1958

Authors
Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)
(Main Author)

Notes
Microfilm of original records in possession of Gwent Record Office,
Cwm-brân, Wales.
Gwent Record Office no.: D/Pa 70.1-70.2, 70.5-70.8, 70.10-70.11, 70.17.

Subjects
England, Monmouth, Abergavenny - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
English

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2006

Physical
on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Baptisms, 1888-1906 - FHL BRITISH Film [ 2411576 Items 27 - 28 ]
Marriages, 1895-August 7, 1916 - FHL BRITISH Film [ 2411576 Items 29 - 31 ]
Marriages, September 2, 1916-1921 - FHL BRITISH Film [ 2411577 Items 1
- 2 ]
Burials, 1895-1958 - FHL BRITISH Film [ 2411577 Items 3 - 5 ]

======= they have not catalogued USK yet

only Bishop's transcripts for Usk, 1696-1900
Microreproduction of original records in the National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth.

some indexing
Parish register printouts of Usk, Monmouth, England ; christenings,
1815-1875

C-4823-1.Extracted from microfilm of Bishop's transcripts 104921.Some
missing years.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyMonmouth.htm

IGI
1. MARY JONES - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Adult Christening: 04 MAY 1828 Usk, Monmouth, England

and some marriages

================= progress -- not there last time I looked

Parish registers of All Saints Church, Newport, 1898-1921 Church of
England. All Saints Church (Newport, Monmouthshire)

Parish registers of Holy Trinity Church, Pill-Gwenlly : 1852-1921
Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Pill-Gwenlly, Monmouthshire)

Parish registers of St. Mark's Church, Newport, 1875-1921 Church of
England. St. Mark's Church (Newport, Monmouthshire)

Parish registers of St. Matthew's Church, Newport, 1896-1921 Church of
England. St. Matthew's Church (Newport, Monmouthshire)

Banns to 1921 but no burials
was there a municipal cemetery by then?

============================
England, Monmouth, St. Woollos - Cemeteries
England, Monmouth, St. Woollos - Census
England, Monmouth, St. Woollos - Church records

other spellings (St. Woolas) (Saint Woolas)

so far only the Bishop's transcripts for St. Woollos, 1725-1887
Church of England. Parish Church of St. Woollos (Monmouthshire)

Bishop's transcripts, 1864-1884 Church of England. Chapelry of Pill-gwenlly



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