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Family history

Getting started

Tracing your Welsh roots? Pick up some tips in our guides.

WWll and Wales

Wartime women

Welsh women joined the war effort in factories, farms and the forces.

History blog

Explore the celebrated and lesser-known incidents in Welsh history, watch rare clips from BBC Wales' own archive, find out about history events in Wales.

After Z: forgotten foundlings

Last week's article involved the creation of an A-Z of family history ...

By: Cat Whiteaway

Wales History

Hanes

Creithiau'r llechi

Hanes y cymunedau a dyfodd o amgylch gweithfeydd llechi'r gogledd.

Diwydiant

arthur_ridley_cottam

Spring cleaning reveals unclaimed momentos

Genealogist Cat Whiteaway is appealing for your help to return a photograph of fisherman Arthur Ridley Cottam and a quirky postcard from Lil back to the families where they belong.

Can you help Cat?

Welsh castles

Famous fortresses

Start exploring these Welsh strongholds.

Welsh language

Civil disobedience

How it was used to campaign for the Welsh language.

Your comments

I'm afraid we're a bit ambivalent about Madocks in our family as he helped put Dafydd Rhisiart, my great great grandfather, out of business.

David Morris Jonesl commenting on William Madocks the man who built the Cob

The Celts

The people

Wales' story begins with tribes collectively known as the Celts.

History for kids: Iron Age Celts

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