I am very proud of my Romany heritage so I thought as a tribute to my ancestors I would like to dedicate this journal to them.
Below are the Barnes sisters, Charlotte Barnes, my Great Grandmother, She is the Daughter of my Romany Great Great Grandfather John Barnes and Great Great Grandmother, Mary Butt.
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This Beautiful lady is Annie Barnes, My Great Aunt.
Thankyou to my wonderful Cousin Beth who sent me these amazing photos and researched our family heritage to find the Romany link. Beth, I love you so very much.
Kushti baxt ta Cam,
Kerry.xx
Britannia is my nav;
I am a Kaulo Camlo;
The gorgios pen I be
A bori chovahaunie;
And tatchipen they pens,
The dinneleskie gorgies,
For mande chovahans
The luvvu from their putsies.
Britannia is my name;
I am a swarthy Lovel;
The Gorgios say I be
A witch of wondrous power;
And faith they speak the truth,
The silly, foolish fellows,
For often I bewitch
The money from their pockets.
shauna said,
July 3, 2009 at 10:32 am
In other words they think she the fool but instead its them he he, Bella looks so like a picture of my gran Lavinia, even down to the hair, they all dressed so smartly.
shauna said,
July 10, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Having read your story its been n up n down hill one bit like mine, some things in life make us become stronger i believe,you either sink or swim as they say.You put this site together brilliantly , its got lots of features n if u feel im going on too much please remove my comments sumit in myself alwas draws me towards my romany roots i cant explain it n i agree with your comments on good n negative energys being left in houses, i grew up in a 17 th century house n throughout the years i lived there i saw things or heard them,i believe in spirits, n witch craft never say never i believe n the sayin n seeing is believing true.