Merionethshire burials

The record set comprises almost 118,420 records from 41 parishes in Merionethshire. These records date from 1568 to 1994. Note that some of the earlier registers are in Latin.

Many of the records contain images, which may include further information, such as a maiden name, residence, death place, if burial of cremated remains, father’s first name(s), mother’s first name(s), husband’s first name(s), and officiating minister.

Infant Mortality

From English parish records between 1500 and 1800, historians have discovered that infant mortality – death during the first year of life – was around 140 out of 1,000 live births, compared to around 4 out of 1,000 live births today. Causes of death included unidentifiable fevers, dysentery, scarlet fever, whooping cough, influenza, pneumonia, and smallpox. A number of infant deaths are recorded in the registers.