Genealogical journey into history of the Barnes and Boyd familys. Starting with background historical accounts of the Barnes family a direct decendant account begins in 1578 with the Barnes family of Carshalton, Surrey County, England. Page by page you can read a detailed account of this family's place in history. From migration to America and westward to Oklahoma the Barnes family history is retold. The Boyd family history begins with a background historical account as well and then goes to 1800 Kentucky with John Boyd. With great measure the re-telling of these familys history informs the reader of their involvement in history such as the Revolutionay War, the War of 1812, the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, World War II and other times in history.