Monmouthshire Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Monmouthshire Societies
Gwent Family History Society Blackwood Branch Staff Room Blackwood Comprehensive School Ty Isha Terr Blackwood, Caerphiily NP12 1ER UK Email: [mailto:secretary.bla@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary.bla@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Blackwood Branch Chepstow and Wye Valley Branch Room 1 Chepstow Leisure Centre Welsh Street Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5LR UK Email: [mailto:secretary.che@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary.che@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Chepstow and Wye Valley Branch Ebbw Vale and North Gwent Branch Bethel Methodist Church Wesley Place Beaufort Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent NP23 5JS UK Email: [mailto:secretary.ebb@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary.ebb@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Ebbw Vale and North Gwent Branch Newport Branch Newport Civic Centre Godfrey Rd Newport NP20 4UR UK Email: [mailto:secretary.new@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary.new@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Newport Branch Pontypool Branch St John's Church Wainfelin Pontypool, Torfaen NP4 6EQ UK Email: [mailto:secretary.pon@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary.pon@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Pontypool Branch

Email: [mailto:secretary@gwentfhs.org.uk secretary@gwentfhs.org.uk] Website: Gwent Family History Society


 * Our Society exists to encourage an interest in both family history and genealogy amongst the people of Gwent, and amongst those living elsewhere who may have ancestral connections with the historic county of Monmouthshire.

Abergavenny Local History Society The Borough Theatre Market Hall Cross Street Abergavenny NP7 5EU UK Email: [mailto:alhs@live.co.uk alhs@live.co.uk] Website: Abergavenny Local History Society


 * In 1959 the Friends of Abergavenny Museum committee saved the crumbling hunting lodge at Abergavenny Castle from demolition and raised funds to create the first Abergavenny Museum. The committee went on to found the Abergavenny Local History Society. Today the society has almost 400 members.  Members enjoy monthly talks and summer visits to places of interest.  The museum was handed to the county council in 1971. More recently, the society created a Victorian-themed garden to complement the museum's Victorian collection.