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A volume lettered on the spine 'Register of St. Peter's Carmarthen. Alcwyn C. Evans. Carmarthen'. It contains transcripts of entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials in the parish registers of Newchurch, co. Carmarthen, 1720-1812; a biographical list, compiled in 1893, of vicars of Saint Peter's, Caermarthen [sic], 1278-1889; transcripts of entries of baptisms, marriages, burials, etc., in the parish registers of Saint Peter' s, Carmarthen, 1671-1812 (excepting 1690-1699 when no entries were recorded); transcripts and/or English translations of charters and other records, ante 1186-1567, of the abbey of Strata Florida, taken from public records and from manuscripts in the British Museum, together with a list of the abbots; and a transcript, with minor omissions, of the register of the Independent Church of Pant-teg, Abergwili, 1690-1813, contained in NLW MS 12388C. The Pant-teg register contained in this volume was published by E. D. Jones in Y Cofiadur, 1953, pp. 19-70.

A volume of pedigrees of Welsh families extracted from The Book of Baglan. Inset is a photograph of a page of the original manuscript.

A pedigree chart of the family of Trevor of Trevalun, co. Denbigh, and Plas-teg, co. Flint, etc.

An imperfect volume containing rough pedigrees of the families of Birt of Llwyndyrys, Blome of Carmarthen, etc., Brigstocke, Parkinson of Crickhowell, Leach of Corston, Vaughan of Golden Grove, etc., Hoare, Browne of Upton, co. Chester, Tenison, Nares, Jones of Fonmon, Thomas of Cwm, Llangynog, Llewellyn of Penlle'r-gaer, Griffies Williams of Llwyn-y- wermwood, Griffiths of Penwern, Llandysul, Charles of Bala, Williams of Gwernyfed and of Tal-y-llyn, co. Brecknock, etc., Thomas of Llanfair, Llandysul, Foley of Ridgeway, Fortescue, Stedman, Spicer, aft. Jones, of Abercothi, and others. The family trees are supported by extracts from printed sources, e.g., J. Foster Alumni Oxonienses . . (Oxford, 1888-1892), from the Golden Grove MS, from ecclesiastical probate records, from private sources, e.g., members of the Brigstocke families and W. G. Stedman Thomas, from family Bibles, from an armorial at Blaenpant written by David Edwards, Rhydygors, circa 1687, from an undated valuation of tenements and lands in the parish of Llanllawthoge, from parish registers of Kidwely, Llandygwydd, Laugharne, Llangyndeyrn, St. Ishmaels, Llanwinio, St. Peter's (Carmarthen), St. Clears, Abergwili, and Croydon, etc. There are also etymological notes on place- and personal names in England and Wales. Among the insets and paste-downs are a letter from John Davies, Lampeter, to [Alcwyn C.] Evans, 1901 (the pedigree of the family of Griffiths of Penwern, Llandysul), and typescript pedigree notes and extracts with additions, 1901, in the hand of W. J. E[vans, Principal of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen].

A notebook containing pedigrees of the family of Elliot of cos. Pembroke and Carmarthen, supported by transcripts of ecclesiastical probate records, 1586-1817, in the Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen, and extracts from the parish registers of Hubberston, Laugharne, Nolton, Roch, and Steynton, and monumental inscriptions in Hubberston Churchyard.

A volume entitled on the cover 'The Records of the Corporate Borough of Carmarthen, during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, Charles II., James II., William & Mary, Anne, George I., and George II. Ad verbum et literam transcripta, ex tabulis publicis ab Alcuino C. Evans'. The volume contains transcripts of records from the original 'Book of Ordinances' preserved in the common coffer of the borough, the records dating from 1590 to 1764. According to the imprint on the title-page the work was compiled at Carmarthen between September 1851 and July 1853.

A volume containing a transcript of a register of the parish of Llanpeter Pont-Stephen, co. Cardigan, viz. baptisms and burials, 1695-1745, and marriages, 1739-1744. At the end are extracts, 1723-1812, from a register of Llanwenog, Llanwnen, and Sulian, co. Cardigan.

A notebook containing excerpts relating to events in the history of Wales and to Welsh families and places, arranged under places, taken from William Dugdale: The Baronage of England (London, 1675-6).