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Er Gof Am 

Translated as 'in memory of', this series studies the lost members of a rural Welsh society.  Genealogical lineages are traced using only the words on the gravestones to visualise the lives of those buried long ago.

Er Gof Am 

Translated as 'in memory of', this series studies the lost members of a rural Welsh society.  Genealogical lineages are traced using only the words on the gravestones to visualise the lives of those buried long ago.

Margaret Jones was a mother and wife of a miner who's occupation in the 1911 census was listed as 'gwaith teulu' (family work).

David Lloyd was a farmer, husband and father.

Hannah Jones was one of the village dressmakers.

James Isaac was a weaver using wool from the sheep of local farmers like David Lloyd. He died at just 24.

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