Hi. Since my name was O'Neill, I can't see any similarity between Niles and Neil, unless someone reversed the E and L. When I travel to Ireland, my father is always called "Dinny Nail" In the US, my mother's name was pronounced "Wee-dock", but in Ireland, it's "Way-dick". Peggy In a message dated 10/24/2008 3:07:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Today's Topics: 1. NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland ([email protected]) 2. Re: NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland (Cara_Links) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:03:17 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi Ive been searching this site- its a bit off topis cos none of the records are Co Wicklow but I fee that maybe my Wicklow NILES could be connected. http://www.irish-roots.ie/pay-per-view.asp and have found a smattering of NILE names. Its certainly got me thinking that maybe my John NILES is not as rare as I thought, Could there be a connection? Anyone who has a rare name should search this site, saying that I haven yet worked out whether it will be worth while paying to view. My John Niles was born circa 1825-1830 Co Wicklow and his marriage record shows father John- best shot is maybe dad John remarried, worst scenario is no connection to any of these. By the way the site says records for Co Wicklow are coming soon. Carol Cavan- Anna CI Parish 1833 John NILE Meath 1822 Samuel NILE Kildare 1866 Mary NILE Cork- Coachford RC Parish 1832 John NILE 1832 Johanna NILE Down 1919 Cassandra NILES - father John and a funeral Tipperary Templemure Parish 1848 Martha NILE Theres also an entry on IGI 1871 baptism Mary NILES- father John NILES mother Catherine Dargin in Tipperary. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:34:35 +1100 From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-WICKLOW] NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Dear Carol, The Irish talk with such a beautiful accent, that when you listen to it on a daily base and you mention the Name Niel or Neill and you hear the accent say Niles, one wonders if it is a name on its own or a derivitative of the name Niels ( Neil) and you then must allow that all this indexing leaves you with a headache when you also realise that the man standing in front of you talking to the parish priest is saying JOHN NIELS and meaning possibly Neils, and the man hearing it is writing John NILE and then many moons on here comes the modern lassie or lad to transcribe the register with the name in it and they see variants of the name NILE< NIEL<NIELS and on it goes. One does take heart when they see your courage and fortitude in tackling this name, and admire the fact that you have never given in, never said die, keep it up girl, I so admire your courage to keep on keeping on. Cheers Cara ------------------------------ To contact the IRL-WICKLOW list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the IRL-WICKLOW mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of IRL-WICKLOW Digest, Vol 3, Issue 326 ******************************************* **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)

And it was reversed Peggy, so therefore there is a difference between the way the accent says it. You know as well as I do that Arklow folk talk different to Gorey and try understanding a Cork man on a good day - now that is an exercise in accent. Then the Kerry man he talks different as well, all different accents make for soundex of different names and again the SPelling of Weadock, WeaDICK and Weadock and Warlock come under that strangeness of how people read registers you surely dont doubt this Nail yes being a derivative of Neil and Niel as well. And I am not about to share my maiden name to anyone because I shudder to think where it arose from suffice to say it is a bit of a crack in the wall at times, so imagine what that is like to research. But in Ireland we have Norman, palatine and many other displaced persons names that must cause one to wonder what it all began as? For instance where did the name Correll begin? and by the way Peggy do you have any in your data base - any time frame along with Johnson and the other name I will contact you off list as it belongs to half of Arklow. Anyone else wish to discuss the changing of their names in the cause of times other than by marriage folk. Cheers for now Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-WICKLOW] IRL-WICKLOW Digest, NILES/NEIL > Hi. > > Since my name was O'Neill, I can't see any similarity between Niles and > Neil, unless someone reversed the E and L. > When I travel to Ireland, my father is always called "Dinny Nail" > In the US, my mother's name was pronounced "Wee-dock", but in Ireland, > it's > "Way-dick". > > Peggy > > > In a message dated 10/24/2008 3:07:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland ([email protected]) > 2. Re: NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland (Cara_Links) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:03:17 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi > > Ive been searching this site- its a bit off topis cos none of the > records > are Co Wicklow but I fee that maybe my Wicklow NILES could be > connected. > > http://www.irish-roots.ie/pay-per-view.asp > > and have found a smattering of NILE names. Its certainly got me thinking > that maybe my John NILES is not as rare as I thought, Could there be a > connection? Anyone who has a rare name should search this site, saying > that > I haven > yet worked out whether it will be worth while paying to view. My John > Niles > was > born circa 1825-1830 Co Wicklow and his marriage record shows father > John- > best shot is maybe dad John remarried, worst scenario is no connection > to > any > of these. > By the way the site says records for Co Wicklow are coming soon. > > Carol > > Cavan- Anna CI Parish > 1833 John NILE > > Meath > 1822 Samuel NILE > > Kildare > 1866 Mary NILE > > Cork- Coachford RC Parish > 1832 John NILE > 1832 Johanna NILE > > Down > 1919 Cassandra NILES - father John > > and a funeral > Tipperary Templemure Parish > 1848 Martha NILE > > > Theres also an entry on IGI 1871 baptism Mary NILES- father John NILES > mother Catherine Dargin in Tipperary. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:34:35 +1100 > From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRL-WICKLOW] NILES maybe not so rare in Ireland > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Dear Carol, > > The Irish talk with such a beautiful accent, that when you listen to it > on a > daily base and you mention the Name Niel or Neill and you hear the accent > say Niles, one wonders if it is a name on its own or a derivitative of > the > name Niels ( Neil) and you then must allow that all this indexing > leaves > you with a headache when you also realise that the man standing in front > of > you talking to the parish priest is saying JOHN NIELS and meaning > possibly > Neils, and the man hearing it is writing John NILE and then many moons on > here comes the modern lassie or lad to transcribe the register with the > name > in it and they see variants of the name NILE< NIEL<NIELS and on it goes. > One does take heart when they see your courage and fortitude in tackling > this name, and admire the fact that you have never given in, never said > die, > keep it up girl, I so admire your courage to keep on keeping on. > > Cheers > Cara > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-WICKLOW list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the IRL-WICKLOW mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-WICKLOW Digest, Vol 3, Issue 326 > ******************************************* > > > **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! 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