Research Resources

Publications

The Pedigree, Compiled in South Wales, Thomas Allen Glenn, Privately published 1905. William Griffith, John Griffith and Griffith Griffiths (sons of Griffith John, of the Parish of Llanddewi Brefi, in the County of Cardigan, South Wales, Great Britain), who removed to the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, in the early part of the XVIIIth Century.

16th Century Map of Wales Humphrey Lhuyd's Cambriae Typus, the earliest printed map of Wales published in the Additamentum (1573)

Castles of Wales - a great website featuring information and photos of Welsh castles.

Visitation Pedigree, Richard Pengriffin, of Walton [West] in the Hundred Of Rhos and of Bedston in the County of Shropshire by Lewis Dwnn [British Library, Egerton MSS, 2585].  Published by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, 2 volumes, 1846: Volume 1, p. 244

Castell Howell History, author unknown. Castle Howell or Hywel, located in Llandysul, was prominent in Welsh history during the time of Lord Rhys and reportedly, granted to the ancestors of William, John, and Griffith Griffiths, emigrants from Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire, Wales.

History of Great Britain - (bbc.co.uk)

How Green Was My Valley? -- The Welsh: Surnames and Migrations, Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, American Genealogy Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3.

A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names, Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn