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Darllen yn GymraegExplore Ceredigion's migration connections
Ceredigion's migration history includes journeys to industrial towns elsewhere in Britain and to communities across the Atlantic. Ports, chapels, letters and family records preserve different parts of those experiences. Follow a named family or settlement through documented sources, rather than assuming a shared surname or place name establishes a direct connection.
Keeping links with home
Letters, books and family records preserve the experiences of those who left, settled elsewhere or returned. The National Library of Wales provides a starting point for exploring this wider Welsh story.
New arrivals in the countryside
During the 1970s, people seeking alternative rural lives settled in parts of west Wales. Restoring cottages, growing food and developing small enterprises became part of another chapter in Ceredigion's changing population.
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