I know it's not Welsh or Glam history, but I also know there are several folks here with Irish connections, too. Anyway, it's an interesting article about how archaeologists are piecing together the immigrant experience in the US. Read full article and see small photo here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624111934.htm Intro: Hidden Lives of Baltimore's Irish Immigrants Unearthed for First Time ScienceDaily (June 25, 2011) — An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is unearthing a unique picture of the Baltimore-area's early Irish immigrants -- of city children taught to read and write at home before widespread public education and child labor laws, as well as insular rural residents who resisted assimilation for one hundred years. There is similar research being done on a Welsh slate community in Delta, Pennsylvania, but when I was there talking to the archaeologists, they weren't so interested in the Welsh, as just seeing what artifacts they could find. You can see the slate workers' cottages they are restoring here: http://deltawelshheritage.com/quarrymens_cottages_coulsontown Mona