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From: jerry <>
Subject: Re: [BARNARD] Barnard Book
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:14:34 -0500
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Hello Alan ,

As an American Barnard, I would very much support your idea. I travel
alot to France and think there is definitely a connection


What do you know about Barnard's Gate in London?

Thanks

Jerry

Alan Barnard wrote:
> Hi Lynne,
>
> It's good to hear from you. So far you are the only one who has
> expressed interest in collaborating on a UK Barnard Little Red Book,
> and I think that if it does come to fruition it should retain that
> title because the US version contains so many references to people
> who emigrated from Britain, the two would be complementary. It is
> early days and if I can spread the idea around I hope to get more interest.
> It would be far too much work for one person, and in fact the US
> edition had three joint editors, all three involved in gathering
> data, and one of the three taking responsibility for collating the
> data. In the case of a UK version which of course would include
> immigrants and emigrants to and from the UK, I thought a first step
> might be to encourage participants to contribute their own verified
> Barnard data before attempting a general collection from original
> sources. In order to do that I was thinking of producing an Excel
> sheet where people could add their data, and send it in where it
> could easily be added to a general data list which could be sorted as required.
>
> My family also came from the Norfolk area and were said to be French
> Huguenot refugees who arrived in Britain from France in October 1685.
> I have not yet been able to confirm that, but every branch of the
> family I have contacted during my research had heard of a French connection.
>
> I will keep you informed if I receive any more interest and I would
> be interested in any ideas you might have on the subject.
>
> Alan
> British Columbia, Canada
> (Formerly Manchester, England)
>
>
> At 00:10 09/01/2009, you wrote:
>
>
>> Hi, we are still here in Australia.......
>> My Barnards came from Norfolk in England. They came to Australia in the
>> 1850s as Assisted Migrants to work in Tasmania. I would be very interested
>> in anything that might help with my family tree in England. I would be
>> happy to contribute or help with my line in England and Australia.
>>
>> Regards
>> Lynne Barnard
>> Melbourne Australia
>>
>
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