Monmouthshire Archives and Libraries

Monmouthshire Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogy Gravestones Land & Property Merchant Marine	Military Records Newspapers Nobility Occupations Online Records Periodicals Poor Law Unions Probate Records Religious Records School Records Taxation Websites
Wales Background
Biography Church History Gazetteers Historical Geography History Jurisdictions	Languages Maps Names, Personal Place Names For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries of Monmouthshire Archives and Libraries of Wales Societies of Monmouthshire Societies of Wales FamilySearch Centers

Wales

Monmouthshire

Archives and Libraries

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

Archives

Gwent Archives
Steelworks Road
Ebbw Vale
Blaenau Gwent NP23 6AA UK
Telephone: 01495 353363
Email: enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk
Website
Archives Collections
Local Studies Reference Library Collections
Search and copy service
List of Anglican parish registers
List of Catholic registers
List of Non-conformist registers

Gwent Archives now serves the areas covered by these authorities: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council (former Islwyn Borough area), Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council and Torfaen County Borough Council.

Libraries

• Monmouthshire libraries
  
• [Blaenau Gwent libraries]
  
• Caerphilly libraries
  
• Newport libraries
  
• [Torfaen libraries]
  

Museums

Abergavenny Museum The Castle Castle Street Abergavenny NP7 5EE UK Telephone: 01873 854282 Email: abergavennymuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk Website Abergavenny Museum displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day. Big Pit National Coal Museum Blaenafon Torfaen NP4 9XP UK Telephone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk Website: Big Pit National Coal Museum Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in the Mining Galleries, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths, and Historic colliery buildings. Blaenavon Ironworks North Street Blaenavon Torfaen Gwent NP4 9RN UK Telephone: 01495 792615 Email: blaenavonironworks@wales.gsi.gov.uk Website The best preserved example of an 18 century ironworks in Western Europe and centre of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, nominated by UNESCO. The Ironworks retains its original furnaces, cast houses, and restored ironworkers' cottages. Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths High Street Newport NP18 1AE UK Telephone: 1633 422518 Email: CaerleonFortressBaths@wales.gsi.gov.uk Website Inside a modern covered building in today’s Caerleon you can still explore the remains of the immense natatio, or open-air swimming pool, the cramped rooms where the men slept and stored their weapons and the most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain.

Chepstow Museum Bridge St Chepstow NP16 5EZ UK Telephone: 1291 625981 Email: chepstowmuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk Website Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. The wine trade, shipbuilding, and salmon fishing are among Chepstow’s many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings. Photographs, programmes, and posters recall the pastimes of local people, whilst 18th and 19th century paintings and prints illustrate the everlasting appeal of Chepstow and the Wye Valley to artists and tourists alike. Monmouth Museum (a.k.a.Monmouth Museum, alternatively known as The Nelson Museum and Local History Centre) Market Hall Priory Street Monmouth NP25 3XA UK Telephone: 1600 710630 Email: nelsonmuseum@monWebsite Monmouth Museum Website Monmouth Museum is home to a wonderful collection of memorabilia from the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson, including personal letters, pictures, weapons, and commemorative ceramics. There is also a large collection on Monmouth heritage including the only Monmouth Cap in existence. Newport Museum and Art Gallery 4 John Frost Square Newport NP20 1PA UK Telephone: 1633 656656 Email: museum@newport.gov.uk Wesite The Newport Museum contains a wealth of superb material from Roman archaeology to natural history. Two notable sections deal with the Chartist uprising and the Roman mosaics at Caerwent. Castle and Regimental Museum The Castle Monmouth, NP25 3BS UK Telephone: 01600 772175 E-mail:moncasmus@icloud.com Website Archive This museum tells the story of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) - from the starting point of a muster in 1539, in the reign of Henry VIII.

Civil Registration Offices

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search).

---

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 Registration Districts in Monmouthshire.

---

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:

• Monmouthshire Register Office
  
• Copy of birth, marriage, or death certificates
• Family history

---

• Blaenau Gwent Register Office
  
• Copy of birth, marriage, or death certificates

---

• Caerphilly Register Office
  
• Copy of birth, marriage, or death certificates

---

• Newport Register Office
  
• Copy of birth, marriage, or death certificates

---

• Torfaen Register Office
  
• XTxtx Copy of birth, marriage, or death certificates