[Myrddin]

My ancestors are Welsh, and my cousin traced our family back to connect to the Welsh royal family, which gives our history back to a 3rd century Roman.

The oldest ancestor I can trace directly in Wales was born in 1777. He built his home in Ysbty Ystwyth. Most of the family lived in LLanfihangel y Creuddyn. Headstones with the family name go back to 1450 in the town cemetery. My wife ends up in Scotland in 1423.

I was most impressed on a visit to the National Library on Wales. They produced the original paper guardianship documents for my great grandfather and his sisters in 1851. My great great grandmother died from tuberculosis that year. Her husband had died from tuberculosis in 1842. The children had to abandon the home in Ysbty Ystwyth and move to LLanfihangel y Creuddyn.

Here is a picture of the house at Ysbty Ystwyth

The old guy on the left is my cousin Ifor.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Neat house - if only it could talk, what stories it would tell...

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Great Photos. My ancestors came from the area around Cardigan. My Mother's ancestors on both sides came from Galway. There is a story that a little Spanish blood came in from stranded Spanish sailors that crashed on the Northern coast of Ireland after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

[CobaltBlue]

Nice old house. Shame to see it looking so sad.