Maldwyn Treasures
Date joined: 23/12/14
About
Trysorau Maldwyn
• Newtown Area Library holds the Local Studies Collection for Montgomeryshire, with both reference and lending books available.
• The Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powysland Club) are a comprehensive, well indexed, starting point when researching the area.
• Census Returns for Montgomeryshire from 1841-1901, are on microfilm. There are 2 microfilm readers, one of which can be used to make printouts.
• A selection of Trade Directories for the county, 1822-1936, is also available on fiche.
• All our public computers have free access to the family history ANCESTRY. In addition, the Local Studies computer provides access to a number of local and family history websites.
• Montgomeryshire Map collection: 1901 OS maps at 6” to the mile, 25” to the mile.
• Local newspapers are available – a combination of bound volumes and microfilm dating from 1869.
• There is also a collection of local history ephemera (leaflets, newsletters, posters, prints etc)
