This website has come about as a result of a sudden desire around April/May 2005 to find out more about my family.

When I first started I really did not know exactly what I intended to do - so as a start I started a family tree on the Genes Reunited website - from the information I already had and what I had managed to glean from my mother.

I had an unexpected early result from here that enabled me within a couple of weeks to have a large portion of my maternal line the GOVERS back to 1675 - my thanks to Sue Gover whose spreadsheets have saved me many hours of research.

Because of this good fortune I started to look at my paternal line - unfortunately I did not have the same luck here so quickly. As there appeared to be little information about the BARNECUTT family available on the Genes Reunited site I decided to join the Cornwall Family History Society. This proved to be another good move as out of the blue in September 2005 I received a letter from Marilyn and Doug HENSHAW who live in Ontario, Canada. After an exchange of correspondence I also received an email from a Theodore (Ted) BARNECUTT living in Yuba City, California, USA - it transpires that Marilyn, Ted and I have a common ancestor Thomas BARNECUTT who was born around 1752 in St Pinnock, Cornwall and married a Mary WARN in October 1776. Once again I extend my thanks to Marilyn, Doug and Ted who have also saved me many hours of research.

During this year the site has undergone a major structural change and everbody contained within now has a page of their own.

Each section now has an index list which names everbody in the section - first by year and although not in every case as far as possible alphabetically by first and second names.

Adrian Barnecutt June 2007

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