am researching a Barras family on Tyneside. I am not able to progress back beyond 1800 as I cannot find any records. Family Myths and Legends say that they are Huguenot Glassblowers. I suspect that this may be true as in the 19th century all the family are Glassblowers in Newcastle and Gateshead. Prior to 1837 it is only possible to find marriages and not births which leads me to think that they were Huguenots and that they kept their own records and only appear when they marry outside of their church.

Does anybody have any knowledge of this family or of the Huguenots on Tyneside?