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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Contents
Principal Public Libraries with family history resources
Research services
Registrar General's Index
Census records
Directories
Electoral registers
Poll books
International Genealogical Index
Unpublished indexes
Parish registers
Periodicals
Published transcripts
Other materials
Guides to collections
Record Office address
Other information

Library Services URL:
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): GNT, MON
2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources

Ebbw Vale Library
21 Bethcar Street
Ebbw Vale
Gwent
NP3 6HH
Tel: 01495 303069
Fax: 01495 350547
Email:
Contact:

Opening hours:

Opening hours not given
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:

Other Libraries:

Tredegar Library
The Circle
Tredegar
Gwent
NP2 3PS
Tel: 01495 722687
Fax: 01495 717018

Abertillery Library
Oak Street
Abertillery
NP3 1TE
Tel: 01495 212332
Fax: 01495 320995
(Limited information only; Ebbw Vale and Tredegar hold more information)

3. Research Service

Service available? No

Fee-based? -

Provided by local Record Office? Gwent County Records Office
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages

Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.

Locations None

5. Census returns

1951 Census county report Tredegar Ref.
1961 county report Ebbw Vale and Blaina Lib. Ref.
1966 Sample census report Monmouthshire Tredegar & Ebbw Vale Ref.
1966 Sample census Tredegar Ref.
1966 Sample economic census. Ebbw Vale
1971 Census report preliminary Tredegar & Ebbw Vale
1971 Census report parts 1, 2 & 3 Monmouthshire, Tredegar and Ebbw Vale
1971 Report for the County of Gwent. Ebbw Vale
1971 Census report Gwent. Tredegar
1981 Census report Gwent parts 1 & 2. Tredegar, Ebbw Vale
1981 Key statistics for local authorities GB. Ebbw Vale
1981 County report Gwent. Ebbw Vale
1991 Gwent census profile. Tredegar
1991 Census-based statistics. Tredegar
1991 Economic activity in Gwent. Microfiche. Tredegar

6. Directories

6(a) County and Regional Directories

None

6(b) City and Town Directories

-

6(c) Telephone Directories

-

7. Electoral registers and polls books

7(a) Electoral Registers

Voters in the County of Monmouth 1847. Tredegar Reference
Pollbook of Monmouthshire 1868. Tredegar Reference
Monmouth County election 1847. Tredegar Reference
Registrum antiquum de Llanddewi Rhyddercy (translation). Tredegar Reference

7(b) Poll Books

-

8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)

1988 available at Ebbw Vale on microfiche

9. Unpublished Indexes

None

10. Parish Registers

None

11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)

Gwent Family History Society journals 1989 onwards

12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material

None

13. Other material

None

14. Guides to Collections

None

15. Local Record Offices

Gwent County Records Office
County Hall
Cwr I Bran
Gwent
Tel: 01633 822214
Fax:
Email:

Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Abertillery, Mitre Street. Tel: 216082
Brynmawr Office Wocwster Brynmawr. Tel: 310254
Bewelty The Grove Tredegar. Tel: 01495 722305
Also some cemetery records in Blaenau Gwent County Council Offices, Ebbw Vale. Tel: 350555

Other information