Dear "Cousin" Jeff

My head hurts when I try to get the detail on "cousin"!

James is my great grandfather's brother. It appears there were 3 brothers who went to New Zealand: Henry, Sidney and Richard.

I think it was Harriett who married a Pace.

I am struck by the fecundity of the family around this time. Ten kids is a lot for anyone.

Could you let me know if I can access the parish records online?

Also, do you have any old pictures of Barnhill or any idea of the housing? On google maps they are semi-detached from this century. I wonder about the kind of life a miner with a large family would have survived at this time. Did a lot of people from the Forest of Dean emigrate to New Zealand around 1900? So many questions. If I did visit the area, do you where would be best to visit in terms of getting an impression of the lives people would have led?

Carl