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My name is Hazel Persson and I live in New Zealand - way down under, just about as far as one can get from Truro, Cornwall!

I first became interested in the County of Cornwall when an aunty and uncle showed me a family tree of my HUTHNANCE family which traced my family back to Cornwall in the 1600's. Wow!!!!! However did they manage to find all that!!!!! Over the years since then this early genealogy has been added to and altered by a group of keen HUTHNANCE descendants. There were members of the HUTHNANCE family in Breage in the early 1500's and in Gwinear at the end of that century.

My great, great grandfather John HUTHNANCE was born in Wendron, married Alice Ann GAY from Mawgan in Meneage, at Helston and had his family in Wendron, Helston, Sithney and St Erth. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1876.

The HUTHNANCE family only left a very small footprint in Truro in the early 1600's, but have been found elsewhere in Cornwall up to the present day. Old records show a place called Huthnance in south Truro in the Calenick area.

Genealogy, for me, was put on the top shelf until our six chicks had flown the nest, but over the last few years we have enjoyed our virtual rambles throughout Cornwall, and for the last few weeks, walking the streets and surrounds of Truro.

One of the highlights of our HUTHNANCE family genealogy occured a couple of years ago when a group of us met in New Zealand - three different branches of the family were represented and these branches tied together over 200 years before in 18th century Cornwall. Family resemblances were remarked upon at this time.

Before you get too frustrated trying to find those elusive ancesters, take at voyage in time back to Cornwall's City. Those folks you have been searching for just may be lurking here amongst the ancient records!

‘For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee?’

Job chapter 8 verses 8-10

If you could see your ancestors all standing in a row

Would you be proud of them or not,

Or don’t you really know?

Some strange discoveries are made in climbing family trees.

But some of them you know do not particularly please.

If you could see your ancestors all standing in a row

There may be some of them perhaps,

You wouldn’t care to know.

But there’s another question which requires a different view

If you could see your ancestors,

Would they be proud of you?

He knoweth our frame:

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass:

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and is gone;

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting

Upon them that fear Him,

And His righteousness unto children’s children:

Psalm 140 verses 14 – 17