Llan-giwg, Glamorgan, Wales Genealogy

Wales Glamorgan  Llan-giwg

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 about 12,550 acres.

Online Family Trees
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Hamlets: Alltgreig, Blaenegel, Caegurwen, and Mawr.

Registration district:

Neath 1 July 1837 - 1 July 1875

Pontardawe 1 July 1875 - 1 January 1935

West Glamorgan 1 January 1935 - 1 April 1974

Swansea 1 April 1974 - present

Resources for finding ancestors
To start your search, decide when your ancestor lived. If he or she lived between 1837-1911, start by searching civil registration and census records. If they lived before 1837, use church records and probate records. Read more about these and other records below.

Census Records
The 1841-1911 censuses are available online with indexes and images:


 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * FindMyPast.co.uk
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Church Records

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

The Glamorgan Family History Society have published many of the parish registers.

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

The following chapel records have been deposited at an archive:

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Llan-giwg will be recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Cemeteries

 * Carmel: transcript at West Glamorgan Archives
 * Cwmllynfell (old &amp; new)
 * Gwrhyd: transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society
 * Llan-giwg parish church (publication of transcript and index expected in 2013)
 * Saron Chapel (old &amp; new): transcript &amp; index published by Glamorgan Family History Society

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Llan-giwg was 2 August 1838. A transcript is available online.