County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales Genealogy

Guide to  County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, 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 reorganisation of local government in Wales. The county borough was previously part of the former County of Mid 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 Merthyr Tydfil.

Parishes
See Communities in Merthyr Tydfil
 * Interactive map of Merthyr Tydfil Parishes

Online Records

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

Register Office
Telephone: 01685 725000 Email: customer.care@merthyr.gov.uk Fax: 01685 722146 Address: Ty Penderyn, 26 High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8DP, Wales
 * Merthyr Tydfil Register Office

Archive
The county borough forms part of the Glamorgan Archives in Cardiff

Family History

 * Glamorgan FHS

FamilySearch Center
Merthyr Tydfil Wales FamilySearch Centre