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Biography information for Llandysul and places above it in the hierarchy

Llandysul

Evans, H.R. A Village Worthy Evan Isaac Thomas of Llandysul, His days (1823-1908) and Diary (1876-1885) Ceredigion (Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society) Vol. 4 No. 2 (1951). Here is an Index by Mike Thomas . Also, the NLW have digitised the whole article which can be read online

Jones, Francis[Major]. Lloyd of Gilfachwen, Cilgwyn and Coedmore. Ceredigion : Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, Vol VIII, No 1, 1976

Morgan, D.Densil. Christmas Evans a'r Ymneilltuaeth Newydd (Christmas Evans and the New Nonconformity) , Gomer ,1991. In the early pages there is some detail of his family history, he was born at Esgerwen, Llandysul..

Cardiganshire

Held at the NLW ;

  • Papers of John William Evans, Felindre [ John Y Gwas ], c 1880-c 1960, local historian, with much biographical data relating to Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.

Wales

David Lloyd George's Diary for 1886. The National Library of Wales site.

The Dictionary of Welsh Biography   presents the lives of eminent Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to Welsh life. It is an electronic version of the volumes published by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, together with new articles commissioned by the Society.

UK and Ireland

  • Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome, ed. Sir Sidney Lee (1903), based on the 63-volume work. It's part of the Bolles London Collection in the Perseus Project, Tufts University in Massachusetts. This volume, with 30,378 biographical entries on English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish notables up to the late 19th century, grew into today's three-volume Concise DNB, and the entire DNB is now being revised by Oxford University Press. (Users with a UK public library card can access the current DNB at http://www.oxforddnb.com/.)
  • The BBC's Memoryshare website (archived copy) is "a living archive of memories from 1900 to the present day [to which readers] can contribute, share and browse memories of life experiences and see them in the context of recent and historical events.".
  • The Methodist Archives - Index of Methodist ministers.
  • Searchable Index to Who Was Who 1897-1916,  provided by UK Genealogy Archives.