Special Collections and Archives

Online sources

Digitised emigrants' letters from the National Library of Wales

Online sources relating to the Welsh in America and Canada.

'Raising the Wind': Emigrating from Wales to the USA in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - A paper by Bill Jones, 2003

An historical census browser, allows searches for American emigrants born in Wales 1890-1940. Provides Welsh population statistics broken down by State and County.

Images relating to Welsh emigration to America.

Digitised emigrants' letters from the National Library of Wales manuscript collection MS 22846D

People’s Collection Wales: Digitised documents on the history, culture and traditions of Wales.