Wales Genealogy: Flintshire
Census & County Records
After having survived for almost seven centuries, the historic county of Flintshire was abolished in the controversial re-organisation of 1974, and was absorbed into the newly created county of Clwyd.
Ironically, the county of Clwyd was itself abolished on 31st March 1996, after a brief existence of twenty-two years. At the same time, four new "unitary" authorities were created. These were given the names: Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham County Borough and Conwy County Borough.
It is important to realise that the boundaries of the "new" Flintshire and Denbighshire are considerably different from those of the historic counties of the same names.
Fortunately, family historians have been little affected by these changes; because throughout the short lifetime of the county of Clwyd, records for historic Flintshire remained at the Hawarden branch of the Clwyd Record Office, while records for historic Denbighshire remained at the Ruthin branch. These two offices have now become the county Record Offices for "new" Flintshire and "new" Denbighshire respectively. The County Archivists have stated that they do not expect that there will be any major movement of records between the two Record Offices.
Search Flintshire Census Records
Flintshire,
Wales Census Records
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- 1841 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1851 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1861 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1871 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1881 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1891 Flintshire Census Records ;
- 1901
Flintshire Census Records ;
Flintshire Parish & Probate Records
Flintshire,
Wales: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Wales and England,
from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Flint,
Wales Historic Notices
Flint, Wales Historic Notices
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Flintshire Message boards
Flintshire, Wales Ancestry Message Board
Flintshire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records