William British Naval Officer's service documents have been digitised and can be downloaded for a small fee direct from the National Archives in Kew London. Search page is *http://tinyurl.com/d32wsm regards Anton * -------- Original Message -------- > Dear Sharon, > > > I have forwarded your enquiry to a Michael J Harley who is an expert on > sundials, and has a special interest in sundials in Northern Ireland. He > lives in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. You can find some of his work on the > internet by searching for his name and the word 'sundial'. > He was able to help me 5 years ago when I was writing an article about a > sundial for the Lecale Review, a local history journal which covers Lecale > (east Co. Down (includes Ardglass/Ringfad). The sundial I wrote about was > made in 1796 by a William Straney for a William Henry of Ballyhosset. > Ballyhosset is only a couple of miles from Ardglass. > > Billy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Oddie Brown" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:18 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ringfad - 1841 Sundial > > > >> I have been trying to complete a page on Ardglass, but things keep getting >> in my way. In the meantime, here is a page that I have posted about a >> sundial engraved with the name of Lieutenant John Martin, Esq. Ringfad. I >> don't have a clue who he is (except that he is likely one of my "MARTINs")- >> but would be naturally happy to learn more. The page can be viewed at: >> http://www.thesilverbowl.com/maps/Ardglass/Sundial-Ringfad.html >> Enjoy, >> Sharon Oddie Brown >> Roberts Creek, BC, Canada >> History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ >> Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl >> --------------------------------- >> 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will >> answer your question! >> --------------------------------- >> Searchable list archive at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> > > --------------------------------- > 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will answer your question! > --------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 message > > > > > E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11650 > http://www.pctools.com/uk/internet-security/ > >

Dear James, William and Anton, Thank you all for your suggestions. I have looked through the ADM (admiralty) and WO records as well as the Naval wills section and found nothing that looked like a likely fit - or else (in the case of the Naval wills) there were too many documents that would have to be purchased in order to see if there is a match. I think I will wait until I have a few more longitudes and latitudes for him genealogy-wise. Once I can winnow it down a little, then the search is likely to be productive. Again, Thank you! Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl