As many of our regular readers will know AmeriCymru has partnered with Celticos to help develop a new initiative for American tourists wishing to visit their ancestral homeland in north Wales. Janet and Don Folatjar of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are amongst the earliest visitors to take advantage of the Celticos/AmeriCymru Trail Tour.

We interviewed Janet before she left for her vacation ( read the interview here ) and we will be posting a follow up interview with her after her return this weekend.

As you can see from the image gallery further down the page, Janet got to meet a few celebrities in the course of her stay. She is pictured below with Scott Quinnell ( former Welsh international rugby league and rugby union player ) and Gareth Wyn Jones ( Welsh hill farmer extraordinaire and media personality ). You can listen to a recorded interview with Gareth Wyn Jones here .

In the course of her stay Janet's genealogical researches were ably abetted and refined by Keith Morris of Segontium Searchers. Keith's researches add a whole new dimension to the tour by enabling every visit to be uniquely adapted to the individual visitors requirements. Want to visit the place where your ancestors lived and worked? Take the AmeriCymru/Celticos Trail Tour!

Our recent interview with Keith Morris can be found here AND here is a link to the section on the S4C news program 'Heno' about the tour ( about 17 minutes in ).

READ MORE ABOUT THE AMERICYMRU TRAIL TOUR HERE

Excellent welcome from RNLI MOELFRE, Anglesey - the home of hero Dic Evans

Conway Castle

Janet & Don Folatjar meet Scott Quinnell and Gareth Wyn Jones on the AmeriCymru Trail Tour

Cofeb y Chwarelwyr - Quarrymen's Memorial at Allt-Ddu

Welcome from Dave, New York Cottage Museum Penmaenmawr, Janets relatives worked in the quarry

Snowdonia