[shelby research]tregaron

[MARTHA MORDECAI]

Judy,

We will not be going until next May.  In the meantime I am gathering as much 
as I can on Tregaron and the Shelby's.

Johnnnie sent a copy of her book "A Chronology of Moses & Isabel Shelby and 
Their Sons, and other information on Evan and Catherine Shelby to me awhile 
back. (Thanks again Johnnie, I hope you are feeling better).

I have been ordering copies of documentation on my line from the Charlotte 
Library (NC).  I pretty much have documented my line.  There is one weak 
spot.  John Rufus Shelby seems to have fallen through the cracks, as far as 
documentation linking him to Moses and Mary Ann (Knox) Shelby goes.  Johnnie 
has a little information on them in her book, however, the copies of the 
documents I received from the Charlotte library are unreadable, so I can't 
transcribe them.  I have ordered a copy of Mary Shelby's record of baptism 
in Christ Church in Philadelphia which should be on the way.

I found out that the Christ Church has been open to the public since March 
of this year, so Trev and I are going there in about a week just to go 
through it.  It (the original church) was built around 1728, I believe, and 
George Washington along with other great Americans attended services there.  
Benjamine Franklin is buried there.  It has wonderful stained glass windows 
(like the one in Washington, DC) with pilgrims, etc. telling the stories of 
the founding of America.  I will have photos from there also.

I will certainly be willing to send copires of my copies of any 
documentation on the Shelby's I have to anyone on the list who would like 
them.

Martha



>From: Judith A Trolinger <hoberta@hilconet.com>
>Reply-To: shelby@lists.trolinger.com
>To: shelby@lists.trolinger.com
>Subject: Re: [shelby research]tregaron   Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:12:10 
>-0500
>
>Hi Martha and Kay,
>
>That is great Martha! Glad to see so many finally getting a chance to go to 
>Tregaron. Take lots of photos!
>
>Judy
>
>At 06:48 PM 9/24/03 -0400, you wrote:
>>Kay,
>>
>>Thank You!  This is very exciting news to me.  My Husband and I are going 
>>to Wales next year to visit his father's home in Pontypridd, and my 
>>ancestral home in Tregaron.  I want to talk with everyone who has been 
>>there to get the scoop on where to go in Tregaron.  My husband has a 
>>couple of cousins in Pontypridd who will help us out there.  I am so 
>>excited about this trip because I have known for forty years about our 
>>"Shelbys who came from Wales", but never knew much about them until the 
>>past three years.  I will pick everybody's brains about the Shelbys if 
>>they will let me.  65b2cb.jpg
>>
>>Martha Mordecai

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