BRECONSHIRE RESEARCH

BRECONSHIRE - WALES (BRE)

Ancestry Search	BRIEF DETAILS OF BRECONSHIRE Breconshire (also known as Brecknockshire) is a rural county in South East Wales.
Locate First Online Electoral Roll Search	MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES Brecon Hay on Wye Click the link for a 1:500000 scale map of the area, which you can resize to scales varying from 1:10000 to 1:4000000	Frith Photo Archive Search for Old Photos
UK Record Collections	BORDERING COUNTIES Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Glamorgan Herefordshire Monmouthshire Radnorshire	Missing Links Birth Adoption Register
RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps	INDUSTRIES Agriculture Limestone Quarrying	Old-Maps.co.uk Digital Historical Maps
	All phone numbers shown on this page are local. If you need advice on phoning from overseas click here	UK multiMAP Online Maps
GetMapping Ariel Photos

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
We have listed details of some of the major archives and libraries in Breconshire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Powys County Archives Office County Hall Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5LG 01597 826088 E-Mail	Brecon Area Library Ship Street Brecon Powys LD3 9AE 01874 623346	In 1974 Local Government re-organisation changed many historic county boundaries. This site consistently uses the pre 1974 boundaries.	Amazon.co.uk has a selection of books on the history of Breconshire Click here for a list.
For more information on libraries and their holdings visit the FAMILIA site.
REGISTRATION OFFICES
We have listed details of some of the main registration offices in Breconshire. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
Brecknock New County Hall Glamorgan Street Brecon Powys LD3 7DP 01874 624334	Brecon Neuadd Brycheiniog Cambrian Way Brecon LD3 7HR 01874 624334	Hay on Wye Broad Street Hay on Wye Powys HR3 5BX 01497 820379	Ystradgynlais Powys County Council Offices Trawsffordd Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1BS 01639 843104

LOCAL SOCIETIES	SURNAME LISTS
Local Family History Societies provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below Powys FHS	Surname lists give details of individuals research interests. Have a look you may find a long lost cousin! Brecon Surnames List
MAILING LISTS	LOOK UP EXCHANGES
Rootsweb host mailing lists covering every county in the UK. Any member of the list can post a message, which will be received by all the other members in either list mode (every individual message separately) or digest mode (a number of messages in one e-mail). Breconshire is covered by the following list(s). To join simply click the mode of your choice and send the message totally unaltered, disabling your signature. MIDMARCH List mode Digest mode POWYS List mode Digest mode If you want to know more about the lists scope or have difficulty subscribing Rootsweb will provide more details	Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. Mid-Wales Lookup Exchange. Please remember that people who provide this service are not professional researchers, and cannot usually help with general enquiries. Make your requests as specific as possible.

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS	USEFUL LINKS
IMPORTANT: None of the researchers listed has any commercial relationship with the owners of this site. A listing does not imply any form of recommendation and you should take any steps you consider necessary before entering in to a commercial arrangement. If you need professional help with your research you may like to contact one of the following: CARW Mayfair Research Services	Genuki Breconshire Genweb - Breconshire Genealogy Links.net - Breconshire Gen Link UK - Breconshire Search Beat

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