In This Episode:

-Great information on Welsh Places to Visit in Ohio

-Information on the Welsh Scenic Byway- Did you know The Bob Evans Farm Is a Stop?

-Stories of How the Welsh settled in Ohio.

-Information on how to discover your Welsh Heritage.

-Wonderful Small Town Recommendations from the Madog Center For Welsh Studies Including River Towns!

-Tips for how to Travel & Explore small towns!

Tidbits: During the 1800s People of Welsh descent settled in Southern Ohio by the thousands. Their influence is seen all over Gallia County. The Madog Center for Welsh Studies located at the University of Rio Grande- can help your family genealogy/history and offers an exchange program with the University of Wales, Trinity St. David Carmarthen.

But what My town loves the most about this interesting find is their support of the Welsh Scenic Byway. A self-guided map to take you on a road trip with over 20 stops to discover Welsh heritage through historical churches, cemeteries, museums, cultural centers, and more.

Info On Guest:

Website: https://www.rio.edu/madog/ Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/madogrio/

Jeanne has been the Director of the Madog Center for Welsh Studies at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College in southern Ohio for the past 15 years. Her father gave her the gift of her Welsh heritage at an early age, as all of her paternal third-great-grandparents came from small villages in Cardiganshire, Wales during the “Great Welsh Tide” that brought thousands of pioneers seeking better lives to the area in the mid-1800’s.

Besides working with the area Welsh society and Welsh Museum, the Center provides Rio students with the opportunity to spend a semester in a Study Abroad program with a university in Wales.

Jeanne is Vice President of the Welsh North American Association, the organization tasked with organizing the North American Festival of Wales, the largest gathering of Welsh and friends in North America. The festival is held over Labor Day weekend in areas with large Welsh populations. As a Director on the North America Wales Foundation, she chairs the Publicity Committee and works with Scholarship. She is a Board Member of the Welsh Home in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jeanne and husband Lou live on 26 acres, growing wine grapes and making home wines. They have two daughters and three grandchildren.

Travel to Wales to work at the National Eisteddfod each year is an added bonus, enabling them to maintain many friendships there.

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