Resources and Guides
From research guides to short videos, we have a range of resources to help you discover and access our collections:
Research Guides
Here you will find several research guides that will not only help start your family or local history, but also introduce Chartist sources, vehicle registrations and more!
- Chartism in Monmouthshire: A guide to Chartist sources at Gwent Archives
- House History Research
- Family History Research
Finding Aids
Covering parish records to school records, finding aids are a quick guide to some of the collections at the Archives.
- Abersychan Roll of Honour, 1914 - 1918
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1892-1893
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1894-1895
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1904-1906
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1906-1907
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1908
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1909
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1909-1919
- Bedwellty Petty Sessions, 1920-1923
- Burials at St Sannan’s Church, Bedwellty, November 1921- March 2001
- Catholic registers of baptisms, marriages and burials
- Church in Wales registers of baptisms, marriages and burials
- Nonconformist registers of baptisms, marriages and burials
- School log books
- Vehicle licensing registers
These provide a quick introduction to our collections and how to access them – including parish records and hospital and healthcare records.