The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association is thrilled to announce that premiere genealogist, Darris Williams, will be presenting four outstanding workshops during the NAFOW in Cleveland!Darris worked as a British reference consultant in the Family History Library for thirteen years and as a reference consultant for World Wide Support in the Family History Department. Currently he is a community manager for FamilySearch.His four workshops will be:1. Was Elvis Welsh? How to begin tracing your family history.Learn basic principles for discovering more about your family whether you have a unique name or one as common as Hopkins, Evans, or Jones.2. Three basic family history records: Census, Church, and Civil Registration.The best records for learning about your family history are not always what you might expect. Learn how to select the best source based on what you already know.3. Best of the Web for Welsh Family HistoryThe internet has changed how most people do research. You can learn and do more in a matter of minutes than could be accomplished in hours a few years ago. Discover which websites are the best for Welsh family history.4. How to get free help with your family historyMany resources are available for free access to records and guidance on where to look next for information about your ancestry. This class will identify the free and nearly free sources that will help you be successful.Darris Williams grew up near St. Anthony Idaho. His great grandfather emigrated from the Swansea area in South Wales in 1876 and lived for a few years near Logan Utah, then moved to Fremont county Idaho.Darris lived in England for three years and made several visits to Wales to trace his family history. After completion of a bachelor degree in family and community history at Brigham Young University, he studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1996. He has returned to Wales several times for research and published two booklets of monumental inscriptions gathered during those trips Read more about the 2011 NAFOW: http://americymru.net/group/northamericanfestivalofwales2011clevelandohio#ixzz1AexWh0v8