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For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Wales Archives and Libraries page.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Carmarthenshire Archives at Carmarthen Library
9 St Peter's Street
Carmarthen
SA31 1LN UK

Phone: 01267 228232
E-mail: archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website
Collection

Holdings, which include parish registers, diaries, letters, court records, photographs, records of local government, education records, estate records and school records, take up nearly 4km of shelving. Records are discoverable by use of the catalogues and indexes held in the public search room. If you are visiting the service for the first time, staff are available to demonstrate how to use finding aids. Only preliminary work is in place to create an online catelog.^[1]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Carmarthenshire Libraries. See drop-down menu "Find aa Library".

Museums[edit | edit source]

Carmarthenshire County Museum
The Old Palace
Abergwili
Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK
Telephone: 1267 228696
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website: Carmarthenshire County Museum

Carmarthenshire County Museum has on display a fine collection of paintings that are distributed throughout its galleries. The museum tells the fascinating story of Carmarthenshire. The museum is housed in a former Bishop’s Palace at Abergwili, near Carmarthen, and stands in its own grounds near the historic Merlin’s Hill.

Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery
6 Little Water St
Carmarthen SA31 1ER UK
Telephone: 1267 228696
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website: Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery

Beside the famous River Tywi, Carmarthen has been a centre of government since Roman times. The displays trace the history of Carmarthen’s varied past, from Roman Moridunum and royal borough to busy county town.

Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli)
1 Velindre Cottages
Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK
Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696
Email: info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk
Email #2: info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk
Website: Kidwelly Industrial Museum

This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. Sited a mile outside the historic town of Kidwelly the museum houses the second oldest recorded tinplate works in the UK. This unique museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the tinplate industry in general and specifically the packmill process. The locally around the Kidwelly and Llanelli area was once the home to nearly half the world’s tinplate production.

National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru)
Website: National Museum of Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales. They are the National Museum Cardiff, the St Fagans National Museum of History, the National Waterfront Museum, the Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, and the National Wool Museum.

National Wool Museum
Dre-Fach Felindre
Felindre
Llandysul SA44 5UP UK
Telephone: 0300 1112333
Email: wool@museumwales.ac.uk
Website: National Wool Museum

The National Wool Museum displays tell the story of the Woollen Industry through working machinery, archive material, and exciting hands-on displays and textile gallery. Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries and the National Wool Museum is housed in the historic former Cambrian Mills which made shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks sold throughout the world. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of the thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname 'The Huddersfield of Wales'.

Parc Howard Museum
Felinfoel Road
Llanelli SA15 3LJ UK
Telephone: 01554 772029
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website: Parc Howard Museum

Find out why Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. The old home of the Buckley brewing family also displays Llanelly Pottery and a lovely collection of paintings by local artists.

↑ "Our Collection", Carmarthenshire Archives, https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/carmarthenshire-archives/our-collection/, accessed 21 March 2023.

[1] "Our Collection", Carmarthenshire Archives, https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/carmarthenshire-archives/our-collection/, accessed 21 March 2023.

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-Email: archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk<br>
+E-mail: archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk<br>
 [https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/carmarthenshire-archives/ Website]<br>
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 == Libraries ==
-*[https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/ Carmarthenshire Libraries.] See drop-down menu '''"Find a Library"'''.
+*[https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/ Carmarthenshire Libraries.] See drop-down menu '''"Find aa Library"'''.
 == Museums ==
-'''Carmarthenshire Museum'''<br>Abergwili<br>Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK<br><br>Telephone: 1267 234567<br>
+'''Carmarthenshire County Museum'''<br>The Old Palace<br>Abergwili<br>Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK<br>Telephone: 1267 228696<br>
-Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.discovercarmarthenshire.com/places/carmarthen/carmarthenshire-museum/ Website ]
+Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>Website: [https://artuk.org/visit/venues/carmarthenshire-county-museum-6856 Carmarthenshire County Museum]
-::Carmarthenshire Museum tells the county story at the old palace of the Bishops of St Davids. The museum collections span 50,000 years of human history.
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+:Carmarthenshire County Museum has on display a fine collection of paintings that are distributed throughout its galleries. The museum tells the fascinating story of Carmarthenshire. The museum is housed in a former Bishop’s Palace at Abergwili, near Carmarthen, and stands in its own grounds near the historic Merlin’s Hill.
-'''Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery'''<br>Carmarthen Regional Library<br>St. Peter's Street<br>Carmarthen, SA31 1LN6 UK<br><br>Telephone: 1267 228696<br>
+'''Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery'''<br>6 Little Water St<br>Carmarthen SA31 1ER UK<br>Telephone: 1267 228696<br>
 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>
-[http://museu.ms/museum/details/16132/carmarthen-town-museum-and-gallery Website]
+Website: [http://museu.ms/museum/details/16132/carmarthen-town-museum-and-gallery Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery]
-::Carmarthen museum and gallery is part of the Carmarthen Library and on display you will find pottery imported in Roman and medieval times, a collection of official weights and measures, as well as a Columbia printing press which dates back to when Carmarthen was the printing capital of Wales. Carmarthen town’s rich cultural and social life features strongly in the displays as well as archaeology, architecture, industry, law and order, maritime, social history, trade and commerce.
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+:Beside the famous River Tywi, Carmarthen has been a centre of government since Roman times.  The displays trace the history of Carmarthen’s varied past, from Roman Moridunum and royal borough to busy county town.
 '''Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli)'''<br>1 Velindre Cottages<br>Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK<br>Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696<br>
-Email: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk]<br><br>[http://kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk/ Website]
+Email: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk]<br>Email #2: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk]<br>
-::This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. This unique museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the tinplate industry in general and specifically the packmill process. The locally around the Kidwelly and Llanelli area was once the home to nearly half the world’s tinplate production.
+Website: [http://kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk/ Kidwelly Industrial Museum]
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+:This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. Sited a mile outside the historic town of Kidwelly the museum houses the second oldest recorded tinplate works in the UK. This unique museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the tinplate industry in general and specifically the packmill process. The locally around the Kidwelly and Llanelli area was once the home to nearly half the world’s tinplate production.
+'''National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru)'''<br>
+Website: [https://museum.wales/ National Museum of Wales]
+:Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales.  They are the National Museum Cardiff, the St Fagans National Museum of History, the National Waterfront Museum, the Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, and the National Wool Museum.
+'''National Wool Museum'''<br>Dre-Fach Felindre<br>Felindre<br>Llandysul SA44 5UP UK<br>Telephone: 0300 1112333<br>
+Email: [mailto:wool@museumwales.ac.uk wool@museumwales.ac.uk]<br>Website: [https://museum.wales/wool/ National Wool Museum]
+:The National Wool Museum displays tell the story of the Woollen Industry through working machinery, archive material, and exciting hands-on displays and textile gallery.  Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries and the National Wool Museum is housed in the historic former Cambrian Mills which made shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks sold throughout the world. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of the thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname 'The Huddersfield of Wales'.
 '''Parc Howard Museum'''<br>Felinfoel Road<br>Llanelli SA15 3LJ UK<br>Telephone: 01554 772029<br>
 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/ParcHoward/ Facebook]
+Website: [http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/theatresartsmuseums/parc-howard-museum/ Parc Howard Museum]
-::Parc Howard Museum tells the remarkable story of Llanelli’s past through its fascinating collections. Llanelli expanded rapidly through mining, industrialisation and immigration, becoming the tinplate manufacturing centre of the world and acquiring the nickname ‘Tinopolis’.
-==Civil Registration Offices==
-The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search).
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-Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/cmn.html Registration Districts in Carmarthenshire ]
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-Sometimes additional help is available from local registrars. For example, proof of death and close family relationship can make more recent records available. Visit or correspond with:<br>
-<br>
-*'''Carmarthen Register Office'''<br>Parc Myrddin<br>Richmond Terrace<br>Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 1HQ UK<br><br>Phone: 01267 228210<br>Email: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
-<br>
-*'''Llanelli Registration Office'''<br>Llanelli Town Hall<br>Town Hall Square<br>Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3AH UK<br><br>Phone: 01554 744202<br>Email: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
-<br>
-*'''Ammanford Registration Office'''<br>3b Wind Street<br>Ammanford<br>Carmarthenshire SA18 3DN<br><br>Phone: 01269 598300<br>Email: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
-<br>
-*[https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/copy-of-a-certificate/ '''Request a copy of a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate'''] Family Historians and Ancestry Researchers please contact us prior to making an application at registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk.
+:Find out why Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. The old home of the Buckley brewing family also displays Llanelly Pottery and a lovely collection of paintings by local artists.