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 FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups

History
The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 following major reorganisation 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
See 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 — index

Register Office
Register Office, 119 London Road, NEATH, SA11 1HL Wales.

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

Family History

 * Glamorgan FHS