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| − | [[Image:Glamorganshire County Map.jpeg|left|150px|thumb|Glamorgan Historic County Map (source: Wikipedia)]] | + | ---- |
| − | [[Image:Glamorgan.jpeg|right|225px|thumb|Neath Canal submitted by Bryan in Cilfrew]]
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| − | Glamorgan is a coastal county in South Wales.
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| − | '''Towns:''' Cardiff, Swansea
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| − | '''Industry:''' Agriculture, fishing, coal mining
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| − | Glamorgan is, commercially, the most important county in Wales, chiefly owing to its great mineral resources.
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| − | The heritage coast and surrounding countryside has much to offer including the remains of Candleston Castle which lies on the edge of Sahara-like sand dunes where parts of the movie ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ were filmed.
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| − | Five miles from Cardiff lies the tiny island of Flat Holm, a nature reserve which acted as a sanctuary for Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, silver miners and smugglers. It was fortified in Victorian times and is most famous for receiving the first trans-Atlantic radio message sent by Marconi in 1897.
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference Links'''
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| − | *[http://www.glamro.gov.uk/ '''Glamorgan Records Office''']
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| − | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look up Exchange]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://home.clara.net/tirbach/HelpPagepearlsGLA.html Glamorgan Snippets]
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders/ Bob Sanders' Glamorgan Index]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/MARIND.html History of Shipping in Cardiff]
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| − | *[http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html#Maps The villages of Cwmgors and Gwauncaegurwen, Llangiwg Parish and the Amman Valley]
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| − | *[http://www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk/stellent/groups/Public/documents/RelatedDocuments/014148.pdf A guide to sources in the Cynon valley]
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| − | *[http://www.kenfig.org.uk/history/ Kenfig History]
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| − | *[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waggy/ Neath]
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| − | *[http://www.swanseaheritage.net/default.asp Swansea Heritage.net]
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| − | *[http://www.whitchurchandllandaff.co.uk/ Whitchurch and Llandaff North]
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| − | *[http://www.sudbrook.info/ Sudbrook]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.llgc.org.uk/fga/fga_s01.htm Early Swansea Photographers]
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| − | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Photographers.html Glamorgan Photographers 1850-1930]
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| − | ==Register Offices==
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| − | '''Caerphilly Ystrad Fawr''' <br>
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| − | Caerphilly Road, <br>
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| − | Ystrad Mynach, <br>
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| − | Hengoed, <br>
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| − | CF82 7SF.<br>
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| − | Tel:01443 863478 <br>
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| − | Fax: 01443 863385.<br>
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| − | '''Cardiff''' <br>
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| − | 48 Park Place<br>
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| − | Cardiff, <br>
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| − | CF10 3LU. <br>
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| − | Tel:02920 871680 or 871681.<br>
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| − | Fax: 02920 871682.<br>
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| − | '''Merthyr Tydfil''' <br>
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| − | Ground Floor, <br>
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| − | Castle House, <br>
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| − | Glebeland Street, <br>
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| − | Merthyr Tydfil, <br>
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| − | CF47 8AT<br>
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| − | Tel:01685 723318<br>
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| − | '''Neath & Port Talbot''' <br>
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| − | 119 London Road, <br>
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| − | Neath, <br>
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| − | SA11 1HL<br>
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| − | Tel:01639 760021 <br>
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| − | '''Pontypridd''' <br>
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| − | The District Register Office <br>
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| − | Courthouse Street <br>
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| − | Pontypridd <br>
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| − | Rhondda Cynon Taf <br>
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| − | CF37 1LJ <br>
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| − | Tel: 01443 486869 <br>
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| − | Email: Registrar@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk <br>
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread]
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