[shelby research]Selby's of Tregaron

[Judith A Trolinger]

Hi Kaye,
Thanks so much for the added info!  I know Martha has got to be excited 
about her trip to Tregaron

Judy

>Dear Judy,
>Although I do not have my materials "out" right now, I was in Tregaron 
>several years ago. I visited both the sites you mentioned, and my 
>impression then was that there were two Shelby farms near Tregaron. The 
>Derlyn one is now a modern farm, and there was an older farmhouse that has 
>been torn down. We drove to this place by passing the footpath and getting 
>to a road that led up to the farm. The lady who owns the farm with her 
>husband was most cordial, but didn't know the history of the farm. It is 
>certainly Derlyn and still carries that name. The other place at the 
>meeting of the two rivers we could see, but did not have exact enough 
>information to find the place. Derlyn is up on a hill looking down on the 
>river, a beautiful setting and a prosperous farm. The other place lies in 
>the valley, and there are quite a few houses in the area now. The man who 
>owns Derlyn might be a good source of information about the farm if he was 
>home -- I understood it had been in his family for some length of time. 
>Nobody that we talked to had any recollection of the Shelbys.  There is a 
>bed and breadfast right near the turn off road that leads up to Derlyn -- 
>Just past the bridge (which is old, but was nevertheless built after our 
>family left Wales.) It turned out to be quite busy even in Tregaron in the 
>summer time and also the fall. The area is  remote and old fashioned. We 
>heard quite a lot of Welsh spoken, and that was interesting.
>
>Kay Kitzmiller