In a message dated 3/14/01 3:38:04 PM, [email protected] writes: << As I will be in Ireland in May I was hoping someone could tell me were I might start finding any info on the births of the foll or their parents:- Thomas WADE b abt 1808 George WADE b abt 1806 Robert WADE b abt 1804 Parents of above - Thomas WADE & Annie nee THOMPSON. Army records show they were all born in or around the town of Newtown Butler, Co Fermanagh they joined the 99th r'gment of foot in May1824 at Clones, and served 11 years in Mauritius before George & Thomas came to Australia as guards on convict ships Robert stayed in Ireland. >> Besides army records, what have you already looked at? Have you tried church records? And just for my own interest, where did you find the Army records? And was the 99th a Fermanagh regiment? Janet C-S