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Book: Parish Registers of Wales

LLAN-GIWG/LLANGUICKE

Parish Registers

C 1703-1767 , 1813-1892

M 1704-1979 (Banns 1823-1861)

B 1703-1767, 1813-1881 WGAS

Bishop’s Transcripts

1672, 1677, 1685-6, 1690, 1693, 1696-7, 1701-2, 1704, 1707-8, 1711-13, 1725, 1727-8, 1730-4, 1736-52, 1754-79, 1782-95, 1797-1800, 1802-3, 1805-35, 1839-42, 1844, 1846-7, 1851-6, 1858, 1863, 1866 NLW

Book: Parish Registers of Wales

LLAN-GIWG/LLANGUICKE

Parish Registers

C 1703-1767, 1813-1892

M 1704-1979 (Banns 1823-1861)

B 1703-1767, 1813-1881 WGAS

Bishop’s Transcripts

1672, 1677, 1685-6, 1690, 1693, 1696-7, 1701-2, 1704, 1707-8, 1711-13, 1725, 1727-8, 1730-4, 1736-52, 1754-67, 1768-79, 1782-95, 1797-1800, 1802-3, 1805-12, 1813-35, 1839-42, 1844, 1846-7, 1851-6, 1858, 1863, 1866 NLW

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