Hi there,
my sister and I would like to find our ancestor, THOMAS NEIL bc. 1850 near Kilmore, Wexford, occupation: shoemaker. at age 18 he joined 52nd Reg of foot in 1868.
We have found a baptism for THOMAS NEIL in Templetown, Co. Wexford fth: Michael Neil mth: Ann Devereux
The sponsors were Rev J Dunne and Ann Bryan. Can anyone tell us if we are on the right pathway please.
Thomas travelled the world, his children were born in England, India, and son John bc. 1883 Limerick
Thomas died, aged 66, with his wife Annie (Byng) by his side in 1916 in Portsmouth, England.
We have no family anecdotes that could help us, can you?
thanks
Pam and Christine
Wednesday 3rd Jul 2013, 08:58AM
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
Some sites that you may find helpful (if you haven't tried them already!) are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Wexford County Library: http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/
Wexford Genealogy: http://wexford.rootsireland.ie/ (this is online paying)
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Thomas's records indicate that he came from Kilmore, County Wexford. Throughout his life he always recorded Kilmore, Wexford as his birth place, so we believe Kilmore was very important to him. He states in 1868 that he is a shoemaker, were there other shoemakers in Kilmore at that time? He states that his fathers name is John Neil.
There is one record that states that his name is Nail, however from 1869 his is named Neil.
Can any one help us please?
Regards
Pam and Christine.