Dedicated to celebrating and learning about all things Welsh

The Welsh Society of Western New England (WSWNE)

Links from Susan Davies Sit's handout at Fall Gathering 2007 on Exploring Your Welsh Family Roots

Quizlet.com http://quizlet.com - a painless way to learn vocabulary
Type in "Welsh" to get Welsh word lists.
Requires registering for free membership to use.

WorldCat [OCLC) http://www.worldcat.org/ - search for a book (or article, movie, etc) in linked libraries all over the world - with one click. It even tells you how many miles away the library is from you!

From the Department of Welsh, University of Wales, Lampeter
- A new Welsh – English / English – Welsh on-line dictionary that can aid Welsh learners this can be found on www.geiriadur.net  On the same site are links to register for new on-line courses and degree programs in Welsh Studies and Celtic Studies.

Welsh Icons http://www.welshicons.org.uk/ Arrays of images representing"all things Welsh" arranged in categories, linked to background information about each. You can even vote for your favorite, make comments, and suggest additions.

The Wales Tourist Board http://www.visitwales.com A great place to start exploring Wales.

Ninnau & Y Drych http://www.ninnau.com/ is THE North American Welsh Newspaper, provides complete coverage of the North American Welsh community.

Anglesey-Môn InfoWeb http://www.anglesey.info Full of interesting information about the island, of Anglesey - including photographs of all of its churches, ancient monuments, family history, and the story of both Menai Bridges.

Allthings Welsh / Popeth Cymraeg http://www.allthingswelsh.co.uk/ A new Welsh language and Welsh interest bookshop (over 10,000 books in English and/or Welsh plus music recordings and more) - based in South Wales.

Clic Clic Cymraeg http://www.menai.ac.uk/clicclic/default.htm Welsh Language site - excellent, including actual pronunciation

Green Mountain College Welsh Heritage http://www.greenmtn.edu/learning/welsh.asp Very active center of Welsh studies in Poultney, VT.

Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association http://www.wngga.org/ The organization charged with organizing the annual Gymanfa (hymn-singing festival) and other Welsh cultural festivities in North America.

Welsh-American Genealogical Society (WAGS) http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtwags/  Serves as a common link for Welsh genealogical researchers in the United States and throughout the Welsh world.

The St. David's Welsh Society of the Capital District (Albany, NY area) http://timesunion.com/communities/welsh/  Be sure to check out their calendar for Welsh related events in the nearby Albany area.

Poultney Area St. David's Society http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/2715/pasds.html This is a very active group in Poultney, Vermont - location of Green Mountain College, where much interest in Welsh culture is centered. (see link above).

St. David's Society of Utica, NY http://www.saintdavidssociety.org Very active group dedicated to preserving the rich Welsh heritage of the Central New York region.

Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project in Wymore, Nebraska. http://www.WelshHeritage.org Where our own Martha Davies and Berwyn Jones relocated in June 2004 in order to direct this project.

The Madog Center for Welsh Studies at the University of Rio Grande http://madog.rio.edu/
This outgrowth of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) links to journal articles about Wales and to a wide variety of Welsh related websites.

Welsh Heritage Week http://www.welshheritageweek.org- held every summer, bringing some very talented and respected people from Wales as teachers, in a variety of subjects to do with the Welsh language, music, literature, and dance.

Snell & Sons in Wales http://www.welshmusic.demon.co.uk The Snell & Sons catalog contains the largest collection of printed Welsh music in the world - Over 2500 songs, choral pieces, harp solos etc.

Photos of Wales by Veronica Navarrete-Vivero home.earthlink.net/~wales-pictures/

Frety Web Links http://www.frety.com A new categorical web directory that requested our inclusion. You may want to check it out for other topics of interest, Welsh and otherwise.