James Gales traces his roots

Wednesday 13th August 2008, 3:00PM BST.

JAMES Gales has been conducting some family research and would like to make contact with any descendants of Joseph Barette, who died in 1924, and was married to Marguerite Barette (née Marett).

Although originally from the UK, Mr Gales has connections with a few Channel Islands names, including de la Mare and Ross.

‘I was looking at the Barette connection as there was a Ross connection (Brian Patrick Ross) with Barette and wanted simply to see whether this ties up,’ he explained.