Family Ties

27 June – Wednesday

Off to Bristol and the Records Office to search for Joseph Barrett and his family. Success, with the discovery of another brother and sister, plus his parents. We found the marriage records for Joseph’s parents, as well as the baptism records of all seven children. Unfortunately, time restraints prevented further research into the family, especially Joseph’s siblings.

Late in the day we decided on a quick trip to Cardiff in Wales, only about 30 miles away. It was a rather unspectacular drive, with Bristol, Newport and Cardiff being very industrialised and with large ports. However, the bridge across the Severn was pretty remarkable, even if we found out once on the bridge, there was a toll of more than 5 pounds! At least it was a little warmer today (actually unzipped the jacket!!!) and we only had rain whilst in the car.