February 2010 Update:

This update includes the latest GEDCOM file generated from "The Master Genealogist", accessible through "access" on this page.

The most exciting news in this update is the confirmation that Kish Caines in Newfoundland is the same Kish Keynes/Caines born in Wiltshire, brother of Keros, older by 2 years.  Kish seemed to disappear from Wiltshire records and because of the unusual name and the diligent search by Kish descendants in Canada suspicion that the two were the same man was proven with a DNA test.  See KishDNA.

The recognition that many cousins have been added to our family has resulted in bursts of Email as information flows backwards and forwards between continents.  The enthusiasm seems to have no limit as all generations have shown interest, evident in Internet facilities like “facebook”, something unheard of just a short time ago.

As a result of the DNA testing described above, a surprise result was a match to a "Keene" family in California.  This aspect is described in the paragraph opposite, including a link to a Chris Keene article.

Cheers!     John Keynes

Adelaide, South Australia

E-mail: ramacs@chariot.net.au
 

The KEYNES Family History Site

(name variants include Caines, Cains, Kaynes, Keens, etc)

This site produced and maintained by John Keynes of Adelaide in South Australiia.

All aspects of the family's life in England are covered.

When deciding to emigrate in 1851, Keros KEYNES and his small family were assisted by the Wiltshire Emigration Association and sailed in the "Marion" to South Australia.  The ship, the voyage and the July 29th 2001 reunion are described in The Voyage.

From April 1998 to March 2008, John Keynes produced a monthly periodical called "Keros", named after the Keynes emigrant who brought his family out to South Australia on the ill-fated "Marion" in 1851.  To get copies of  these periodicals, refer to periodicals.

Towards the end of 2009 the hunt for Keros’s older brother Kish (b. 1816) reached a climax when a male descendant in Canada, Albert Leslie Caines and editor Walter John Keynes both submitted samples to a DNA testing company in USA and were gratified with the ‘perfect match’ results which confirmed that Kish, born in Wiltshire, somehow emigrated to Newfoundland when it was a colony of England and founded the present Canadian family with many descendants.  An article describing the situation is given in KishDNA.

A surprise result of the DNA testing above was the close match to Albert Leslie and Walter John of Chris Keene of California, USA.  While the DNA test did not show the perfect match of the former two, it was very close and showed that we three had a common ancestor, albeit some earlier generations ago.  Research continues to find a connection between the Californian family back to England.

You can access the KEYNES data base for family members from 17th Century to the present.

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