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Sources available
The following resources are available for reference during the opening hours of the Archives Access Point:
At Aberavon Library
The General Register Office Indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1837-2000 1837-1912 (microfilm), 1913-2000 (microfiche)

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Maps
· Tithe maps for the parishes of Aberavon, Baglan, Glyncorrwg and Michaelston-super-Avon, all drawn circa 1840. (No tithe map for Margam was ever made.)
· Ordnance Survey 25" maps of the Port Talbot area, 1876-1980s. A separate list is available.
· Plans and survey of the Margam Estate, by Robert Wright Hall, 1814
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Census returns and census indexes
1841: Census returns for Neath and Newcastle Registration Districts (includes Port Talbot area) (microfilm); name index and transcript for all of Glamorgan (microfiche and CD-ROM); original returns (with parish/place indexes) for Devon, Cornwall and Gloucestershire, (CD-ROM)
1851: Name index and transcript for all of Glamorgan (microfiche and CD-ROM); name index for Gloucestershire, Bristol and Eastern Somerset (CD-ROM)
1861: Census returns for Neath, Margam and Ystradfellte Registration Districts (microfiche); name index and transcript for all of Glamorgan (CD-ROM); original returns (with parish/place indexes) for Brecknockshire, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset (CD-ROM)
1871: Census returns for West Glamorgan and for Maesteg Registration Sub-District (microfiche); name index and transcript for Merthyr Tydfil; census returns (with parish/place indexes) for Cornwall, Devon and Gloucestershire (CD-ROM)
1881: Census returns for Margam, Neath and Ystradfellte Registration Districts (microfilm); name index and transcript for all of Great Britain (CD-ROM), with name index and transcript for Glamorgan available additionally on microfiche
1891: Census returns for West Glamorgan and for Maesteg and Ogmore Registration Sub-Districts; name indexes for Margam (microfiche) and Merthyr Tydfil Registration Districts (microfiche and CD-ROM)
1901: Census returns for West Glamorgan and for Maesteg and Ogmore Registration Sub-Districts (microfiche); free online access via the Internet to the 1901 census for Great Britain, with census vouchers for sale in the Access Point.
Street indexes are available for most censuses.
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Parish registers
Parish registers on microfilm for the following parishes:
Aberavon: baptisms, 1747-1904, marriages, 1747-1897, and burials, 1747-1905
Baglan: baptisms, 1769-1874, marriages, 1769-1923, and burials, 1769-1904
Glyncorrwg: baptisms, 1813-1905, marriages, 1813-1914, and burials, 1813-1908
Margam: baptisms, 1672-1894, marriages, 1754-1837, and burials, 1757-1887
Margam Chapel of Ease, Port Talbot: baptisms and burials, 1850-1895
Michaelston-super-Avon: baptisms, 1785-1890, marriages, 1785-1930, and burials, 1785-1890
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Parish register indexes
A set of the Glamorgan parish register indexes compiled by the Glamorgan Family History Society is available on microfiche in the Access Point searchroom. These indexes include most of the ancient parishes in West Glamorgan, including the following local parishes:
Aberavon; Baglan; Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Glyncorrwg; Kenfig; Margam; Michaelston-super-Avon; Pyle; Skewen; and Tondu
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Marriage register indexes and transcripts
Glamorgan pre-1837 Marriage Index (microfiche)
Marriage indexes, 1837-1900, on CD-ROM for the following:
Cardiff Register Office; Aberavon; Blaengwrach; Glyncorrwg; Hirwaun; Michaelston-super-Avon
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Bishop's Transcripts
Microfilm copies of Bishop's Transcripts for the parishes of Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Michaelston-super-Avon and Neath from earliest records up to 1837
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Chapel registers and indexes
Pre-1837 West Glamorgan chapel registers held at the National Archives (microfilm)
A set of the indexes to chapel registers compiled by the Glamorgan Family History Society is available on microfiche.
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Monumental Inscriptions
Glamorgan Monumental Inscriptions Master Index (microfiche)
A set of the transcripts and indexes of church, chapel and cemetery monumental inscriptions compiled by the Glamorgan Family History Society is available on microfiche, including the following which are of local interest (on microfiche unless stated):
Churches Aberavon; Aberavon cremations (CD-ROM); Briton Ferry St Mary (and burial registers on CD-ROM); Cilybebyll; Glyncorrwg; Ilston; Kenfig; Llandyfodwg; Margam; Michaelston-super-Avon; Neath St Thomas; Newcastle (Bridgend); Port Talbot, Holy Cross, name indexes to registers of graves (hard copy); Pyle; Whitchurch
Chapels Capel y Pil Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Pyle; Zoar/Maes-yr-Haf and Quaker Burial Ground, Neath
Cemeteries Giant's Grave Cemetery, Briton Ferry; Aberffrwd Cemetery, Mountain Ash (CD-ROM)
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International Genealogical Index
England and Wales, 1992 edition (microfiche)
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Vital Records Index
British Isles, 2nd Edition 2001 (CD-ROM)
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National Burial Index
England and Wales, 2nd edition (CD-ROM)
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Trade Directories
Printed copies of the following trade and street directories:
Pigot's National, 1835; Slater's Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Wales, 1858-59; Percy, Butcher and Co.'s Swansea and Neath, 1873-74; Worrall's South Wales, 1875; Eyre Bros. Wales Register and Guide, 1878; Butcher's Swansea, 1881-82; Swansea, 1887; Wright's Swansea and Llanelly, 1889-90; Kelly's South Wales and Monmouthshire, 1891, 1895, 1906, 1910, 1914, 1923, 1926; Cope's South Wales and Monmouthshire, 1923; Wales Trades' Directory, 1928, 1972-73; South Wales and Midland Counties Classified, 1959-60, 1970; Kelly's Newport, 1967; Kelly's Cardiff, 1958, 1961, 1967, 1970; Chambers South Wales, Monmouthshire and Bristol/South West England, 1959, 1961, 1962, annually 1964–1973
Also CD-ROM copies of the following directories:
Manchester, 1773; Hampshire, 1844; Pigot's Wales, 1844; Cumberland, 1847; North Yorkshire, 1890; Kelly's Leicestershire and Rutland, 1912; Lincolnshire, 1933

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Miscellaneous
Land Tax Assessments for Neath Hundred, 1784-1826 and Newcastle Hundred, 1782-1822 (microfilm); Glamorgan Militia Lists, 1819-1821; index of Glamorgan testators amongst PCC wills, 1601-1770; index to wills proved in the Episcopal Court of St David's, 1564-1858; County of Glamorgan electoral register, 1845-46; register of members of Hebron Welsh Independent Chapel, Cymmer, 1797-1859 (facsimile); electoral registers for Port Talbot, 1959-1996 [missing 1960, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1981 and 1982]; electoral register for county of Glamorgan 1845/46 (fiche); pre-1837 West Glamorgan Chapel registers (film)
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Printed works
Some works of local history are available on the shelves including the library of the Port Talbot Historical Society; more material is available in the adjacent Local Studies area.
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West Glamorgan Archive Service Collections
Documents from the collections of the West Glamorgan Archive Service held in County Hall Swansea can be seen by advance arrangement in Port Talbot Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. Catalogues and handlists are available in the Archives Access Point to help you find the correct document(s) to order. This service is subject to the size and state of the document(s): some documents may be too large, or too fragile, to be transported without causing damage to the original
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