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Guide to Llan-giwg, Glamorgan ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Llan-giwg (also spelled Llangiwg, Llanguick and Llanciwg) is an ecclesiastical parish in the north west portion of Glamorgan in Wales. The parish is five and a half miles Northwest of Neath. The church is dedicated to Saint Ciwg. The parish contains approximately 12,550 acres. The Duke of Beaufort was one of the largest landowners in the parish.

Time Period
1. If they lived between 1837-1911, start with civil registration and census records. 2. If they lived before 1837, use church records and probate records.
 * Decide when your ancestor lived.
 * Read more about available resources below.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Parish Registers

 * The following Llangiwg parish records are available at the Family History Library

The Glamorgan Family History Society, Ancestry, Findmypast and FamilySearch have published indexes and images for most of the parish registers. FamilySearch and the National Library of Wales have the bishop's transcripts.

Nonconformist Church Records
Chapels in Llangiwg

Carmel

Cwmllynfell

Gwrhyd

Pantteg

Saron

The following chapel records from Llan-giwg parish are available on the IGI:

The following chapel records have been deposited at an archive:

Estates
Estate records are a valuable resource because the majority of the Wales population have some type of connection with the varied aspects of the estate duties.
 * Beaufort


 * Cilybebyll -Turberville, Lloyd, Bassett, Leach


 * Dyffryn Clydach -Philip Williams


 * Gnoll -Herbert Macworth (manor of Caergurwen)


 * Penlle'rgaer -Griffith Price


 * Shewen - William & Joseph Shewen (entered in 1730s by marriage)


 * Ynyscedwyn - Aubrey & Gough families

Census Records
The 1841-1911 censuses are available online with indexes and images. The 1921 census is only available on Findmypast.


 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * findmypast
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Cemeteries
Some individuals were buried at chapels in other parishes nearby. Burials of people who lived in Llangiwg can be found at Gellionnen and Baran chapels in Llangyfelach parish.
 * Carmel: transcript (recorded in 1942) at West Glamorgan Archives
 * Cwmllynfell (old chapel): (publication of transcript and index expected in 2022)
 * Cwmllynfell (new chapel): (not recorded)
 * Godre'r Graig: transcript & index recorded by the Ystradgynlais Family History Group, published by Glamorgan Family History Society
 * Gwrhyd: transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society
 * Llan-giwg St. Ciwg parish church: (publication of transcript and index expected in 2022)
 * Llan-giwg St. Peter parish church:
 * Pant-Teg:
 * Saron Chapel (old &amp; new): transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society

Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (dates covered) are at the West Glamorgan Archive Service.

Church warden accounts (dates covered) are at the West Glamorgan Archive Service.

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Llan-giwg was 2 August 1838. An index and images are available online at Welsh Tithe Maps - Places of Wales

Published Sources

 * Thomas, Hugh. "The Industrialization of a Glamorgan Parish." National Library of Wales Journal. 19, no. 4 (1976) pp. 345-361.
 * Clark, Godfrey L. "Survey Roll of Kegerwen Manor 19 April 1610" Cartae et alia munimenta quae ad dominium de Glamorgancia pertinent. Cardiff: William Lewis. 1910. (p. 2156-2165)
 * In the Footsteps of Saints and Sinners: Llangiwg Church past, present and future by D. Gerald O. James
 * Old Characters of Cwmgors and Gwauncaegurwen from the year 1840 by Jonah Evans, translated by Jenni Hyatt
 * Old Characters of Gellinudd by J. E Morgan, 1908
 * The Diaries of Margaret Penderel Jones of Garth 1871 to 1897 edited by Dr. Peter Jackson
 * The History of Pontardawe by J.E. Morgan
 * The Joneses and Penderels of Garth Rhydyfro, Pontardawe by Elizabeth F. Belcham

Libraries Museums Archives
West Glamorgan Archives

National Library of Wales

The National Archives (Kew)

Neath Antiquarian Society

Glamorgan Archives

Societies
Glamorgan Family History Society

Friends of Llangiwg

Swansea Valley History Society

Websites
Peoples Collection Wales

Llangiwg a site by Friends of Llangiwg Church

Llangiwg church on Facebook

Memories of Pontardawe and surrounds (Facebook group)

The Llangiwg Trust

Photos (church and family)

Online Family Trees
Gibbs

Howell

Williams

Poor Law Unions
Neath: 2 Sept 1836-26 March 1875

Pontardawe created 26 March 1875