The holdings detailed against individual places is not a full list of what is held there but a guide to the main stream records most likely of interest to family history researchers.
http://www.llgc.org.uk/cac/cac0004.htm
E-mail address is gwent.records@torfaen.gov.uk
Based in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire. Holdings include most census records for MON. Also parish records for Church of Wales, and some non-conformist records.
At Newport Reference Library holdings include the 1841-1891 census returns and the 1881 census index for MON. Also the IGI 1992 and St Caths[GRO] Indexes.
Address is; County Hall, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, NP44 2XH Tel no 01633 648382
The Newport Reference Library tel no is 01633 211376
Based in Llandrindod Wells, Powys . Covers the counties of Breconshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire. Holdings include the 1891 census return, also Quarter Sessions records for BRE, RAD & MGY. BRE census returns are also held at Brecon Area Library . Email
Address is ; County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5LG Tel no 01597 826088
The National Library of Wales. The major repository of information relevant to Welsh genealogy, such as Bishop's Transcripts, Parish Registers, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, Nonconformist Records, Probate Records, Tithe Maps and Apportionment Schedules, Legal and Administrative Records, Estate Records and Personal Papers, Pedigree Books, Newspapers, etc.
Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Parc Myrddin, Waun Dew, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 1DS
Tel no 01267 228232 Fax 01267 228237
Email address is Archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Opening times;
Monday closed
Tuesday 9:30-7:30
Wednesday-Friday 9:30-5:00
Holdings
Holds many local archives, also parish registers of all Carmarthen parishes and some non-conformist registers.
Has the 1881 census index on fiche for all Wales and also the Cd.Rom version for the whole of England and Wales .
Has the census 1841 -1901 for Carmarthenshire and various CD copies of censuses of neighbouring Counties
Holds the GRO [civil registration] index 1837-1992 (charge of £1 per hour for this , and booking essential)
The main collections are summarised on Collections
They will do searches based on email requests. Search fee of £17.50 per hour any copies required extra. However a quick search would not be charged , for instance one name from a parish register given a rough idea of the date. They can accept most currency.
County Hall, Oystermouth Rd, Swansea, SA1 3SN
TELEPHONE 01792 636589 FAX 01792 637130
E-mail : westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk
Archives homepage http://www.swansea.gov.uk/westglamorganarchives/
Has details of Local Acess Points in Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe
See the Guide to Collections http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=20082
The Castle, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2EF.
Tel no 01437 763707. E-mail Archivist on record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
They do have a research service. The charge is GBP15 pounds per hour[ May 2000] ; the cheque should be in sterling and made payable to 'Pembrokeshire County Council'
SUMMARY OF MAIN COLLECTIONS
PUBLIC RECORDS
Quarter Sessions of Pembrokeshire and of Haverfordwest: minutes; orders; indictments and recognizance's;calendars of prisoners; lists of jurors; commissions of the peace; registration of non-conformists; lists of innkeepers; returns of lunatics; plans of roads and bridges; police and other associated papers 1734 - 1971.
Records deposited with the Clerk of the Peace: land tax returns 1786 - 1831; electoral registers from 1832; plans of railways, harbours, oil refineries and other public undertakings 1829 - 1964; inclosure acts and awards 1786 - 1868; prison registers and accounts with committal and discharge papers of prisoners 1812 - 1863; minutes and accounts of the Pembrokeshire, Fishguard and St Davids Turnpike Trusts 1771 - 1833; account books and papers of insolvent debtors c.1759 - 1874; rules of Friendly Societies and Savings Bank 1772 - 1864; returns of Freemasons 1873 - 1945.
Petty Sessions (all restricted for 30 years after the closing date): minutes, registers, evidence books and miscellaneous files 19th - 20th century.
Hospital records (some restricted for 30 or 100 years after the closing date): minutes, registers of patients, admission and discharge books, report books and other papers of the Pembroke County War Memorial Hospital, Haverfordwest (formerly the Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest Infirmary) 1870 - 1979; plans, staff registers, minutes, etc. of Kensington Hospital 1904 - 1973; minutes, admission and report books, registers of patients and of treatments of Tenby Cottage Hospital 1884 - 1971; minutes etc. of Pembroke and District Cottage Hospital 1913 - 1948.
Shipping records: registers of ships in the port of Cardigan 1824 - 1856; registers of ships and fishing boats in the port of Milford 1827 - 1934; logbooks and crew agreements for ships registered in Milford and Cardigan 1863 - 1914.
Valuation records: valuation lists and maps made under the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act 1910 by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue c. 1911 - 1919.
Census returns: microfilms of census returns of the county of Pembroke 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 (the originals are held in the Public Record Office, London). There is an index to the 1851 and 1881 censuses.
OFFICIAL RECORDS
County Council: minutes, accounts and correspondence 1889 - 1974 ; deeds 18 th-20 th centuries; school logbooks, managers' minutes, plans etc. c.1870 - 1970; departmental files 20th century ; police records 19th- 20th centuries; maps and plans 19th - 20th centuries; motor vehicle licensing records 1899 - 1987.
Boards of Guardians: minutes, accounts, correspondence, workhouse registers, plans and other papers relating to poor relief in Haverfordwest, Narberth and Pembroke Unions 1837 - 1940s and in Cardigan Union 20th century.
Borough records:
Haverfordwest: deeds 13th- 20th centuries; charters 1378 - 1694; minutes, accounts, memoranda, correspondence, lists of freemen, bylaws financial papers etc. 16 th -20 th centuries.
Pembroke: charters 1378 - 1572; court minutes 1661 - 1835; minutes, accounts, lists of burgesses etc., 1678 - 20 th century.
Tenby: minutes 1946 - 1973; town clerk's files 1895 - c. 1970; leases, conveyances etc. of corporation property 1870 - 1968; accounts 1885 - 1973,
Haverfordwest Bridge Commissioners: Acts of Parliament, correspondence, deeds, accounts, papers about the construction of the bridge and the administration of the tolls 1831 - 1925.
District Councils: minutes, rate books, accounts, correspondence, plans, etc. for Haverfordwest RDC, Narberth RDC and UDC, Pembroke RDC, Cemaes RDC, Fishguard UDC, Milford UDC and Neyland UDC c.1880s - 1970s; minutes, registers of electors 1975 - 1982; rate books 1974 - 1975 from South Pembrokeshire District Council; minutes, registers of electors, press cuttings and some plans from Preseli District Council 1973 - 1981.
Water Authority: minutes, annual reports and accounts of Prescelly Water Board, South West Wales River Board, South West Wales River Authority and the Pembrokeshire Water Board 1948 - 1974.
Parish Councils: minutes, papers and accounts of about seventy parish councils 1894 - 1970 (Includes some tithe maps).
ECCLESIASTICAL
Registers of baptisms. marriages and burials of about one hundred and fifty Anglican parishes 16th - 20th centuries [including copies on microfilm of some registers held at the National Library of Wales]; vestry minutes, churchwardens' accounts, overseers papers and rate books 18th - 20th centuries for some parishes (includes some tithe maps).
NONCONFORMIST
Copies, including microfilms of registers held in the Public Record Office, London, of various nonconformist registers late 18th - 20th centuries; associated minutes, accounts, deeds etc. 19th -20th centuries.
DEPOSITED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Family and estate: Adams (Holyland); Allen (Cresselly),;Allen-Mirehouse (Angle); Carew (Carew Castle);Gwynne (Cwrt); Harcourt Powell (Greenhill and Lamphey Court); Harries (Priskilly); Higgon (Scolton); Lewis (Henllan); Lloyd-Philipps (Dale Castle); Lort-Phillips (Lawrenny); Mathias [Llangwarran and Lamphey Court); Meyrick (Bush); Saunders Davies (Pentre); Stokes (St Botolph);Tasker (Upton Castle); These contain title deeds, rentals and maps from 16th - 20th centuries, also personal papers, diaries, correspondence etc. 18th -20th centuries.
Business: Milford Docks Company records 1874 - 1992; files and papers of J Roch, estate agents of Pembroke 1914 - 1961; papers of R K Lucas, estate agents of Haverfordwest c.1810 - 1980s; papers of Messrs. Pritchard Read and Company, accountants, Haverfordwest 1920s - 1960s; records relating to Porthgain Quarries 20th century (access with owner's permission only); records of the Pembrokeshire Building Society 19th -20th centuries; Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company records 1828 - 1933; many smaller collections including papers about coalmining at Hook, Saundersfoot, Nolton and Roch, 19th - 20th centuries, and account books, ledgers and correspondence of smaller businesses and tradesmen 18th - 20th centuries.
Solicitors: records of the firms of R T P Williams Haverfordwest and Milford branches; Eaton Evans and Williams of Haverfordwest; Lowless and Lowless of Pembroke and Pembroke Dock; Walter Williams and Sons of Fishguard; Lewis and James of Narberth; Price and Kelway of Milford (access with firm's permission only); Messrs. Johns and Pepper of Fishguard; Penhale and Company, formerly Philipps Williams and Company of Haverfordwest; Williams and Roberts (formerly of Narberth, now of Whitland) ; V J G Johns of Fishguard: these include office and agency papers which can include deeds, estate papers, probate papers and accounts. Many large estates are covered, including Picton Castle, Bush, Cresselly and Orielton, also Haverfordwest Borough and various businesses and charities 16th- 20th centuries.
Newspapers:Western Telegraph 1854 - date, with some gaps; West Wales Guardian 1869 - date, with some gaps; various copies of other papers including the Pembrokeshire Herald, the County Echo, the Tenby Observer, News in a Nutshell; various papurau bro (local newspapers) c.1974 - date.
Miscellaneous: a wide variety of smaller collections of documents, volumes, postcards and photographs covering a large number of different topics (such as wartime diaries and logbooks, minutes of local societies, political parties and sports organisations, architectural drawings from 18 th century and meteorological data of 19 th and 20 th centuries) but including the following notable collections: minutes, annual reports and pamphlets of NALGO 1936 - 1975; minutes, correspondence and files of the NFU (some items closed for up to 50 years) 1917 - 1977; minutes, scrapbooks, correspondence and accounts of several Women's Institutes, 20th century; aerial photographs of most of Pembrokeshire taken c. 1956 - 1958; Ordnance Survey Maps, 1", 6", 25" scales, 1819 - 1964.
County Offices, Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2DE
Here is their website which has details of their holdings etc - Ceredigion Archives
e-mail ; archives@ceredigion.gov.uk
The Glamorgan Building, King Edward V11 Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff. CF10 3NE
Telephone 029 2078 0282 Fax 029 2078 0284
Email GlamRO@cardiff.ac.uk Web site http://www.glamro.gov.uk/
Opening hours ;
Closed Mondays, Bank Holidays and usually the following day.
Tuesday to Friday 9.30-5.0 pm ; [Friday 4.30pm closing].
Late appointments Wednesday to 7.0 pm.
Holdings;
The South Wales Police Archive ; original documents dating from the 1840s and a substantial photographic archive originally held by the SW Police Museum
St Caths Indexes[GRO] 1837-1980
Somerset House Indexes [Wills] 1858-1950
1841-1881 census returns for all GLA.
1891 census returns for Mid & South GLA only.
1851 & 1881 census indexes for GLA & West MON.
Parish Registers & BTs[film] for all Llandaff diocesan parishes.
See the parish pages on The Glamorgan GENUKI Page for details of parish records held here
For lists of Glamorgan Nonconformist Registers held here check out INDEX