ANGLESEY ROOTS NETWORKING SESSION -  NAFOW 2026

At the North American Festival of Wales (NAFOW), to be held this year in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 3-6, 2026 for the first time, there will be a networking session for people with Anglesey roots. Please check out NAFOW.org for festival details.

Anglesey is our heritage and making connections is the goal. Please join us at this networking session to meet kindred souls and “lost cousins” with connections to Anglesey. 

We will hand out a Hiker’s Guide with a map for the trek. This guide lists towns in six regions. If possible, come prepared with family surname(s) and where they’re from in Anglesey. We will divide attendees into seven “FAN Club” groups – one added for those who don’t know their Anglesey location. Members of each club will then “speed date” so that they can meet their fellow Monwys.

Geographic areas for the FAN Clubs (Friends, Associates and Neighbors) are West (Llifon), Mid-south (Malltraeth), Menai (Strait), Northwest (Talybolion), North (Twrcelyn) and East (Tyndaethwy).

Although we won’t focus on DNA, bring your DNA or GEDmatch results and ancestry.com username if you have them. You may make some connections this way. Also, bring your family tree and/or family history. If you wish, be prepared to share your contact information with other researchers - fill out some index cards ahead of time with your name and contact information to share with other researchers.

Come for the meet-up. Stay for the fun and save a smile for the Family Reunion photo.

A kind-hearted “Help Team” will be available! 

Run by Sandy Jones Stanicek and sponsored by the Welsh Society of Western New England's Genealogy Group.