Carmarthenshire Archives and Libraries

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

Archives
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.

Libraries

 * Carmarthenshire Libraries. See drop-down menu "Find a Library".

Museums
Carmarthenshire Museum Abergwili Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK Telephone: 1267 234567 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website
 * 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.

- Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery Carmarthen Regional Library St. Peter's Street Carmarthen, SA31 1LN6 UK Telephone: 1267 228696 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website
 * 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.

- Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli) 1 Velindre Cottages Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696 Email: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk] Website
 * 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.

Parc Howard Museum Felinfoel Road Llanelli SA15 3LJ UK Telephone: 01554 772029 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Facebook
 * 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 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 Carmarthenshire

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:
 * Carmarthen Register Office Parc Myrddin Richmond Terrace Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 1HQ UK Phone: 01267 228210 Email: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
 * Llanelli Registration Office Llanelli Town Hall Town Hall Square Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3AH UK Phone: 01554 744202 E-mail: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
 * Ammanford Registration Office 3b Wind Street Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 3DN Phone: 01269 598300 E-mail: registrars@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
 * 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.