An article on Wales today has indicated that FindmyPast will be releasing parish registers for the country from 1571-1992 later today, which ties in with what I learned at Who Do You Think You Are? Live on Saturday. Hopefully I'll have more news for you on that later!
The main thrust of the article, however, is actually about a new initiative to promote Welsh churches for ancestral tourism. Read the full story at www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/29/tourists-in-search-of-their-family-roots-set-to-boost-wales-churches-and-chapels-91466-30427540/
Chris
The open Church network in Wrexham have been doing this for years now and very successfully, other counties and Churches could do with taking a leaf out of their book.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.openchurchnetwork.co.uk/index.asp