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Wales · c.1885The house that held
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Yr Ysgwrn and the Evans family of Trawsfynydd
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A glimpse of our workYr Ysgwrn:
Yr Ysgwrn:
a home, a family, a history.
Our example follows the Evans family of Trawsfynydd and the farmhouse associated with the poet Hedd Wyn. It shows how a story can be built from published historical sources without inventing missing details.
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7-page research example
The house that held a family's story
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