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 - a guide to 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, 1920-1921
• 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

Introductory Videos

These provide a quick introduction to our collections and how to access them – including parish records and hospital and healthcare records.