Your Welsh Ancestors

13/04/2026

Based in the US? Tune into the PBS show 'Finding Your Roots' on 14 April 2026 to learn about the family history of Kate Burton (daughter of the renowned Welsh actor Richard Burton). Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors was proud to help with Kate's quest to find out more about her Welsh roots.

Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Finding Your Roots on PBS!

12/01/2026

Tracing Living Relatives – a 5 week, online course – will be starting on 26 January 2026. Hosted by Pharos Tutors, the tutor is Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors.
You can book your place on this course via the Pharos Tutors website:

This course provides guidance on how to trace living relatives, whether expanding your family tree or 'heir hunting' a deceased's estate.

16/12/2025

Thinking of a Christmas gift for the genealogist in your family?
Pharos Tutors' Tracing Living Relatives course, which starts on 26 January 2026, may be the answer.

Taught by Eilir from Your Welsh Ancestors, it's a 5 week online course that can be accessed wherever you are in the world.
For details and how to book your place, go to the Pharos Tutors website to find out more:

This course provides guidance on how to trace living relatives, whether expanding your family tree or 'heir hunting' a deceased's estate.

13/05/2025

Researching Your Welsh Ancestors – Pharos Tutors' five week online course taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors – will be starting this year on 2 June 2025.

Learn how to find out more about your Welsh kin, wherever you are in the world. Course materials, brilliant links to Welsh resources, a chance to put what you've learnt to practice and to chat with and discuss various topics with fellow students and Eilir, the tutor.

Book your place on the course by following this Pharos Tutors link:

Researching Your Welsh Ancestors considers how Welsh and English research differ and how to find and get the most from Welsh sources and repositories.

20/01/2025

The Pharos 'Researching Living Relatives' course starts just a week today – on 27 January 2025 – and is taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors.

Suitable for both amateurs and professionals, this online course runs for 5 weeks and is made up of learning materials, weekly class sessions, and exercises where you can consolidate the knowledge you have learnt. And of course you'll have the chance to discuss any relevant issues with Eilir and to learn from her expertise.

You can book your place here on the Pharos website:

This course provides guidance on how to trace living relatives, whether expanding your family tree or 'heir hunting' a deceased's estate.

01/08/2024

Fancy an in-depth course on family history to keep you occupied over the coming autumn and winter?

The Society of Genealogists' 12 week online Family History Skills courses cater for different levels of expertise – from the beginner through to the experienced.

What's more, Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors teaches the Stage 3 Tracing Living Persons module that will provide you with the information needed to help track down long-lost family members.
The Stage 3 course starts on start on 28 September 2024.

Follow this link to find find out more about the different courses:

02/06/2024

The online, five week 'Researching Your Welsh Ancestors' course starts tomorrow, Monday, 3 June 2024.
Run once a year on the Pharos Tutors platform (genealogical courses specialists), this course has been taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors for over 10 years now and has helped people from all over the world to discover much more about their ancestors.
You can sign up for the course on the Pharos Tutors website, by clicking on the link below:

This course considers how Welsh research differs from English research from a social, linguistic, cultural and religious perspective and where to locate and...

29/05/2024

Less than a week to go before the start of this year's 'Researching Your Welsh Ancestors' course.

Run by specialists in genealogical courses, Pharos Tutors, and taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors, this unique course (the only one of its kind held online) is only held once a year, so to make sure you don't miss out, please go to the Pharos Tutors' website to sign up today:

This course considers how Welsh research differs from English research from a social, linguistic, cultural and religious perspective and where to locate and...

27/05/2024

This year's Researching Your Welsh Ancestors online course starts on Monday, 3 June 2024.

Run once a year by Pharos Tutors and taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors, this ever-popular five week course will guide you through all aspects of researching your Welsh ancestors.

Secure your place on the course today by following the link to the Pharos Tutors website below:

This course considers how Welsh research differs from English research from a social, linguistic, cultural and religious perspective and where to locate and...

12/06/2023

The most recent Pharos Tutors 'Researching Your Welsh Ancestors' course (currently being taught by Eilir of Your Welsh Ancestors) has started, and is this time around being hosted on Pharos' brilliant new-look, improved website.

Launched over the weekend, it's easy to navigate, and opens up a new perspective on family history for students.

In addition to this current Welsh ancestry course, Eilir will be teaching Pharos' 'Researching Living Relatives' course in January 2024.

Take a peek at the new website to see what Pharos can offer budding genealogists:

We have been working on this for you for a long time to get it right, and have now completely rebuilt all the Pharos Tutors systems to give you an updated look, a more robust experience, and many, many improvements to better serve the current size of the business.

15/05/2023

The 'Researching Your Welsh Ancestors' course starts in June. Eilir of YWA will again be teaching this ever-popular Pharos Tutors five week online course. It starts on 5 June 2023, so follow this link in order to sign up and enrol in time:

This course considers how Welsh research differs from English research from a social, linguistic, cultural and religious perspective and where to locate and how to get the most out of specific Welsh sources and repositories.

31/03/2023

Welcome to the Spring 2023 edition of Your Welsh Ancestors (YWA) Newsletter...a mix of articles about all things Welsh and genealogical, and the latest news on YWA's research services, online video training courses, and consultation sessions. YWA's online courses and sessions make the ideal present....