County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales Genealogy

Guide to County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. Wales Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

Background
The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 following major reorganization of local government in Wales. The county borough was previously part of the former County of West Glamorgan and, before that, the former historic county of Glamorgan which was abolished in 1974.

The headquarters of the authority are in the town of Port Talbot.

Communities
Communities in Neath Port Talbot

Parishes

 * See a list of the parishes in Neath Port Talbot with links to their pages.
 * Interactive map of Neath Port Talbot Parishes

Online Records

 * 1678-2001 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index

Register Office

 * Register Office
 * Forster Road, Neath, SA11 3BN Wales
 * Telephone: 01639 760021 / 760020
 * Email: registrars@npt.gov.uk


 * Research your family history using the General Register Office

Archive
The county borough forms part of the West Glamorgan Archive in Swansea.

Family History

 * Glamorgan FHS