[shelby research]Info on the Port and Ship from Tregaron

[Judith A Trolinger]

Welcome back Martha!

Thanks for the GREAT photo's ---I got them without a problem, but looks 
like others need them as .jpg's

Sounds like you hit a lot of dead ends, Shelby wise...But glad to know you 
had a fun trip..

Judy


At 01:54 PM 6/28/04 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Just returned from Wales.  What a Great trip!  I LOVE Wales.  It is a 
>beautiful place, still very clean and simple.  You always hear how green 
>Ireland is.  Wales is just as green and much cleaner.  I have fallen in 
>love with the Welsh language and the Hedge Rows!  Met Trev's cousins (2nd 
>they are).  They were wonderful, happy and laughting all the time.
>They have  lived in the same location (Aberdare) for 6 generations.  One 
>of the cousins still lives in the old family home.
>
>No luck with finding the Port and Ship from and on which the 
>Selby/Shelby's came to America.  I was told there that the best place to 
>find that information is in the place of arrival..., which would be PA.  I 
>spent the whole day in the Library at Aberystwyth to no avail.  Did go to 
>Tregaron, and St. Caron's.  Didn't turn up any gravestones for Philip and 
>Margaretta.  St. Caron's has an extra full cemetery, and no headstones old 
>enough to be theirs.  The church is so old that there are bound to be 
>thousands buried in those grounds.  I did visit "Derlwyn", the Selby's old 
>homestead land which lies between the two rivers of Croes and 
>Berwyn.  Nothing is left of the house.   Have photos of St. Caron's and 
>the Derlwyn Valley and will send in another email.
>
>Have a Great Day!
>Martha
>
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