Monmouthshire, Wales Genealogy

'''Powys was created from the historic county of Breconshire. View the Breconshire County Page.''' Guide to Monmouthshire, 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

Parishes

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

Online Records

 * 1542-1911 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1650-1900 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1678-2001 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1843-1929 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index

Topics

 * Monmouthshire Archives and Libraries
 * Monmouthshire Societies
 * Monmouthshire Nonconformist Records
 * Monmouthshire Poor Law Unions

Research tools
Indexed Bishops Transcripts and Parish Records for the County of Monmouthshire, Wales – this is a work in progress site and currently only a few parishes with searchable records.

FamilySearch - Wales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912

Websites

 * Monmouthshire Resources and Help pages RootsChat Monmouthshire Resources and Help pages. (Free).
 * Gwent Archives at Ebbw Vale.
 * Gwent Family History Society
 * Monmouthshire Monumental Inscriptions
 * The Big Pit National Coal Museum at Blaenafon.
 * The National Roman Legion Museum at Caerleon
 * 1885 County Map: Courtesy of London Ancestor
 * Monmouthshire Monumental Inscriptions
 * Monmouthshire Parishes
 * Church records - Dissenter Index for Glamorgan &amp; Monmouthshire
 * Caerwent Church records
 * Crime and Punishment 1730-1830
 * 1901
 * Rootsweb Monmouthshire board
 * BBC Wales south-east genealogy
 * Original Wills Online