Welcome to our Research Resources page.
Over the years, we have collected an assortment of useful guides, lists, hints, tips and articles - and now it's time to make them available to you! We hope you will find them interesting and helpful. If there is a topic you would like us to cover, please
contact us and we will try to add it in the future.
NEW! Free to download! Pounding the Beat is a trail exploring the history of crime and punishment in Aberystwyth.
Free to download! Houses of Borth by Beryl Lewis: A history of every house in Borth!
NEW! Download our maps booklet here: Look Closely: Cardiganshire Surveyed
NEW! Free to download! Two books by Nigel Richardson about Uppingham School and its connection with Borth, one telling the story from the perspective of Uppingham, the other - of Borth.
NB. Each book is in two parts because of the file size limits on our website.
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A Spring Invasion: Uppingham School at Borth 1876-7 (part 1)
A Spring Invasion: Uppingham School at Borth 1876-7 (part 2)
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A Great Deliverance: Uppingham's Typhoid Epidemic 1875-7 (part 1)
A Great Deliverance: Uppingham's Typhoid Epidemic 1875-7 (part 2)
Would you like help getting started on your family tree?
Read this first.
How about researching house history?
Here's some guidance.
Do you need help with Welsh words you might encounter in your family history research, for example on a gravestone?
Help is at hand.
Have you been confused by Aberystwyth street names changing over the years?
You might remember the Will O'Whispers local history and lore column in the Cambrian News. Now Mr. O'Whispers (Howard C. Jones) himself has given permission to put his
notes on Aberystwyth street names on our website. We have also worked with old and new maps of Aberystwyth to compile
this table of changing street names.
How were copies of documents made before the photocopier was invented?
This article by Dr. Brian Davies (reproduced here with his permission) reveals all.
Who owned that old tractor, car, motorcycle with a Cardiganshire registration (EJ)?
Our searchable Vehicle Registrations Database will have the answer!
Researching someone who fought in the Great War?
This database provides the names of military voters who survived the war.
How do you decide whether something is still in copyright? It can be a minefield but
this guidance from the National Archives is a good start. See the charts in the appendix, and if you need more help, ask an archivist!