hello alisa, my name is simon best and i live in coventry, england. my dad stanley and his family all originated from cornwall. he was born in lanivet, but lived in st austell. the best family had many members from brannel parish. the finest cornish family website is called lizandstu.com. take a look, as there are more than 25000 names on it. it is very likely that you and i are related, as many cornish tin miners emigrated to australia from the1840,s onward. i have a lot of info on many of these people. the website goes back to the late 1500,s and is run by a distant cousin of mine who still lives in st austell. kind regards, simon best.