Names can be difficult at times, especially those Welsh names to those of us on this side of the great pond. (USA) Many times, these names were given as locations to certain family members. An example is Howel of Ruth, Rys of Leeswood, and Peter of Bersham. Add names like Llweeni, Hawarden, Selattyn, Hanmer, Ellesmere, Wem, and Llanfair Dyffan Clwyd. Where and how are these connected? Brick walls, brick walls, and more brick walls. Finding the location of each place with the family member, would help answer many questions. Such is the drawing given below.
Drawn to scale, the various locations that had been thought to be spread all over the globe, were actually all within a very short distance to one another. All these folks were almost within spiting distance to one another, as my Welsh family proved to be. As different folks spread about my pages of research, the ones from the same "location" would more likely be related. Location, location, location as they say in some fields, but it can also help in getting around some of those brick walls.
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