Glamorgan

Archives

• Glamorgan Archives
• West Glamorgan Archives

BMDs & Parish Records

• Caerphilly Births, Marriages and Deaths
• Births, Deaths and Marriages in Glamorgan Gazette
• FreeBMD
• Glamorgan Baptisms
• Glamorgan Marriages
• Glamorgan Marriage Index 1569–1869
• Glamorgan Burials
• The Registers of Llantrithyd

  Includes Christenings 1597–1810, Marriages 1571–1752 and Burials 1571–1810.

Cemeteries & Graves

• Glamorgan Burial Index 1569–1983
• Glamorgan Monumental Inscription Index

  Records from 1570 to 1976.

• Penrhys Cemetery Burials
• Rudry, St. James Archived

  Memorial inscriptions from the churchyard 1774–1938.

Census Records

• Census 1841–1921

  Search more than 7,200,000 census and 1939 Register records for the county of Glamorgan.

• FreeCen

  A good, but not complete, selection of free census records.

Electoral Registers

• Electoral Registers 1832–1932
• West Glamorgan Electoral Registers 1839–1925

Historical Directories

• Cardiff Commercial Directory 1858–1859
• Cardiff Commercial Directory 1880
• Swansea and District Directory 1913–1914
• Wales Historical Directories

Local History

• Aberafan Local History Archived

  Has some good information about people and places in history.

• GENUKI Glamorgan
• Glamorganshire Place Names
• Old Merthyr Tydfil
• The History and Antiquities of Glamorgan

  Includes old families of Glamorganshire, sheriffs, bishops, mayors, magistrates, and county families.

• The Story of Glamorgan
• Old Maps of Glamorgan

Newspaper Archives

• Cambrian Index
• British Newspaper Collection 1710–1953

Occupations

• Cardiff Mariners
• Glamorgan Coal Mines
• Glamorgan Photographers 1850–1925
• High Sheriffs of Glamorgan
• South Wales Police Roll of Honour
• Swansea Mariners

  Contains a worldwide list of mariners, ships crew and seamen, with ships registered at Swansea and details from crew agreements, log books and ship's registry.

Schools & Education

• Aberdare Boys' Grammar School 1896–1978
• Aberdare County Grammar School for Girls 1913–1978
• Glamorgan Schools Admission Registers

Societies & Forums

• Glamorgan Family History Society
• RootsChat Glamorgan

  A popular forum where you can get help with your research or help others with theirs.

Wills & Probate

• Cardiff Wills 1470–1778 Archived
• Swansea Wills Index 1564–1868

Workhouses & Poor Law

• Bridgend & Cowbridge Workhouse
• Cardiff Workhouse
• Gower Workhouse
• Merthyr Tydfil Workhouse
• Neath Workhouse
• Pontardawe Workhouse
• Pontypridd Workhouse

Additional Records

• Glamorgan Roll of Honour
• Glamorgan Surnames 1881