Back in 2007 I posted the following Anyone with an interest in the Barnes family might like to look at http://www.homepages.ihug.com.au/~rbarnes/info.html William Austin Barnes illeg son of 'Mary Barnes and William Austin ( the turnpike keeper) details of family and subsequent arrival in Australia Mary also had another illeg son Isaac Barnes - father was Thomas Morey Eventually she married James Wearne 1798 Well it seems someone has been searching the IOW Archives and has emailed me about this family. Apparently the link no longer works. If anyone is related to the above I can put you in touch with the gentleman who contacted me as he ha compiled a huge family tree Angela in Qld Australia Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. All mail scanned with AVAST 2008 No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced