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NLW Archives and Manuscripts

NLW Archives and Manuscripts

Confine your search to the archives and manusripts collection, making it easier to find individual items quickly. You can also view the archival tree.

You must search the wills, marriage bonds and Theses Collection Wales from the main Catalogue.

Welsh Newspapers Website

Welsh Newspapers Website

Search and see the Welsh Newspapers collection online, and discover 15 million articles and 1.1 million pages.

Access to the digital images is free.

Welsh Journals Website

Welsh Journals Website

Access to scholarship from Wales. Back-numbers of up to 50 titles, ranging from academic publications to popular magazines.

Welsh Women's Peace Petition

Welsh Women's Peace Petition

Search 51,000+ of 390,296 women who signed the 1923 Peace Petition.

More names will be added over the next year as the transcription project progresses.


Places of Wales

Places of Wales

Discover the Tithe Maps of Wales. Search and browse over 300,000 entries from the tithe maps of Wales and accompanying apportionment documents using original and present-day maps.

Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Over 5 000 biographies which present Welsh people who made an important contribution to life in Wales and beyond.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Information about crimes, criminals and punishments included in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830.

Wales Remembers 1914 - 18

Wales Remembers 1914 - 18

Browse a list of digitised items from the Library's collections relating to the First World War.


Annual Report

Annual Report

Search through The National Library of Wales' Annual Reports between 1909-2000.

Estate Records

Estate Records

A-Z list of over 50 of the most popular/largest Estate collections at NLW.

Theses Collection Wales

Theses Collection Wales

Search around 50,000 theses and dissertations which have been presented for postgraduate degrees in higher educational institutions in Wales.

Welsh Ballads Online

Welsh Ballads Online

Search around 4,000 digitised ballads, from the collections of The National Library of Wales and Cardiff University Library. Img: Copyright Cardiff University Library.


Wills

Wills

Search here for wills proved in the Welsh Ecclesiastical Courts before 1858.

Marriage Bonds

Marriage Bonds

Search a pre-1837 index of marriage bonds and affidavits.

NLW Journal

NLW Journal

Established in 1939, The National Library of Wales Journal publishes articles based on the Library’s collections. Contributions may appear in English or in Welsh.