My 2nd great grandfather was Joseph McSloy, b. 11 Jun 1832, Clonoe, Co. Tyrone. He married Margaret McIlvaney from Co. Antrim in 1851, at Port Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were Patrick McSloy and Frances Murray (est. DOB 1790-1810).
Joseph appears to have arrived in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland around 1848 with brothers Daniel (m. Susan Tracy), William (m. Mary McArthur) and sisters Bridget (m. John Devlin) and Mary (m. John Curran). Another brother, John, settled in Aberdeen and married Ann Craig.
Would like to hear from anyone with a connection to this family.
Thursday 11th Jul 2013, 08:23AM
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
You can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
Some sites which might prove helpful to you are:
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
Wishing you the best of luck with your research.
Kind regards,
Genealogy support
Thursday 11th Jul 2013, 02:13PM