Fellow Rooters, Net Cousins and Researchers: Forwarded with the permission of Juleigh Muirhead Clark, who says, "We are trying to reach as many as possible." Please forward to any list I haven't reached yet! -Carol ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly expanded section on the Colonial Williamsburg website ( http://www.history.org ), offering individuals interested in the Colonial Chesapeake the opportunity to search the library's vast collections. New features include PATRIOT, the Rockefeller Library's online catalog listing the 68,000 titles in the Library, and guides to manuscript, microfilm, selected photograph and other research collections, such as the Shirley Plantation Collection of over 18,000 manuscript items. Previously, individuals had to physically visit the library or be connected to an internal network to access these resources. "We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections by adding finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide Web," says Public Services Librarian Juleigh Clark. "Now, when researchers come to the Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can serve them more efficiently." Other features on the website include a virtual exhibit of some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library's rare book and manuscript collections and special indexes to articles in The Colonial Williamsburg Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter. Of special interest is an index to the several hundred research reports written at Colonial Williamsburg over the last sixty years. Early American History Research Reports are distinguished for the significant amount of primary source material in them and for their time and place specificity: eighteenth-century Virginia. The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library specializing in the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. It is located near the Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the public. Library hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Juleigh Muirhead Clark Public Services Librarian John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776 jclark@cwf.org 757-565-8511 757-565-8518 (fax)

Alice, Did Thomas have any siblings? Baltimore is really close to the Canadian border. My John Henry was born in the U.S. in 1863. Do you have the names of Thomas' parents? Were they a Daniel O'Neil(l) and wife Anna (Nancy)? Grasping at straws here. I can't locate John Henry's parents, can you locate Thomas' ? I ask because my John Henry had some connection to the Railway and possibly St. Louis. It is believed he met his wife (Frances Elizabeth Barker) in St. Louis. Sharon. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------- Searching: Stocks, O'Neill, Trowbridge, Barker, Runnells, Gill, O'Donnell, Luke Saunders, Standing, Archer, & Romany Heritage

MARLENE JOAN "JOANIE" O'NEILL Eureka - Humboldt County, CA -- as in the Times Standard Marlene Joan "Joanie" O'Neill passed away on Nov. 14, 1999, at General Hospital in Eureka at age 62. She was born in Idaho, and was a resident of Eureka. Joan moved to Eureka with her family in 1941, when she was 4 years old. It was just prior to the outbreak of World War II. She went to elementary school in Samoa, but finished her education in the Eureka School District. In 1957, she met and married Jere O'Neill and they lived all of their lives in Eureka. Most of that time was in a home on E Street that Jere had been raised in. They have four children, three girls and one boy, all grown. Joan and her husband, Jere, owned and operated Peterson O'Neill Produce for many years before they sold the business to Chico Produce. They continued working for the company after the business sold. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Bernard's Catholic Church. Joan's love of life drew people to her. She loved to laugh and enjoy life, even though she worked hard. Her passion was her family, cooking, and enjoying having her friends and family around her. She was always busy and on-the-move, doing so many good things for others. She will be sorely missed for her laugh, her ready humor, and her sharing of life experiences through her stories. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Jere O'Neill; her mother, Lucille Varner of Eureka; her children, Lori O'Neill Shelton and husband, Jeff Shelton of Reno, Nev., Patrick O'Neill and his wife Dee of Eureka, Michele O'Neill of Walnut Creek, and Heather O'Neill of Temeculah; her grandson, Alexander Miller-O'Neill; her sisters, Cindy Varner Rog and husband, Dr. Richard Rog, and Carlene Varner Lampela and her husband Dr. Roland Lampela. Friends are invited to attend a Rosary at Sanders Funeral Home on Nov. 19, 1999, at 7 p.m. The funeral will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 10 a.m. on Nov. 20, 1999, with graveside service immediately following. Officiating at both the Rosary and the funeral will be Father Mike Cloney. Pall bearers will be: Bill Williams, Ron Lampela, Richard Rog, Kevin George, Bruno Ravelli, James Gouthier, and Bob Palmrose. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. **************************************************************************** ************ Submitted by Lori O'Neill Shelton

My gr.moms name was Hazel O'NEILL but she was born in Baltimore in 1889~her family ended up in St.Louis~funny, I didn' think Hazel sounded Irish and wondered where her parents came up with it~her dad Thomas O'Neill was born in Buffalo,N.Y.in 1862~ but her mom Alice Monahan was born in New Orleans in 1865,I always wonder how they met up~~ ALICE >*;*<

I am at a brick wall, please respond if you have any information at all regarding George O'Neil came to Provincetown Mass from Nova Scotia..his wife was Abbie S.(probably Stevens)b. i think 19 Sep 1852 they had a daughter Lila May born 1877, I dont know if there were any other children Please e-mail me at Pam259@aol.com thank you

I have a Charles O'Neil, son of John O'Neil and Margaret Curtis, born in Ohio about 1870, came to Pittsburgh PA, then migrated to Alabama. Don't know if he had a daughter named Hazel or of they ever lived in New Orleans. --J. Lee Nichols

HAZEL O'NEIL,DAUGHTER OF CHARLES O'NEIL,OF NEW ORLEANS HAZEL BORN 1901, OCT.23

Hi, Mine came from Nachitoches, La. My gr grandfather was Francis Hilliard O'Neal and his father was Thomas. They came in about 1847 or 46. There were 11 children. Ring a bell? I sure hope! Charlotte Oneal Perturbo@aol.com wrote: > > HI , > I AM ALSO IN MS. MY O'NEILS' CAME FROM NEW ORLEANS

Hi All, I just put a Search this site on my home page listed below: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5429/index.html All you will have to do is type your name in and it will give you all the pages with that name. Sincerely, Helen in Pa.

Hi! Hope this helps. A few years ago I called St. Pat's and got a copy of the churches in Manhattan so I checked the two addresses you gave and found they are only about 14 blocks apart (652 Amsterdam Ave is bet. 91 st. and 92 Streets, and 135 W. 106 st. is off Amsterdam and 106 st.) I found the following catholic churches listed in that area: Ascension (est. 1895) 221 W. 107 St. NYC 10025 Holy Name of Jesus (est. 1868) 207 W. 96 St. NYC 10025 Notre Dame (est. 1910) 405 W. 114 St., NYC 10025 St. Gregory the great (est. 1907) 144 W. 90 St. NYC, 10024 I also found a current address for the Little Sisters of the Poor. You can write to them at: 110-30 221 Street Queens Village, NY 11429 718-464-1800 Best of luck! I too am looking for a Mary O'NEIL, but mine was born in Benburb, Co. Tyrone, Ire in 1870, arrived in NYC about 1890 and married a gentleman named CRITTON. Marsha also researching O'NEILL = Benburb, co Tyrone>NYC 1880's MCELROY/MCILROY = Stewartstown, Co Tyrone>NYC 1880's MCPARTLAND = Ire>NYC 1880's? > From: "Sullivan" <joes@proaxis.com> > To: ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: > (BTW, is anyone here familiar with NYC? I am > trying to track down the > nearest old Catholic church to 652 Amsterdam, in > hopes that they have some > records, but I live in Oregon and haven't got the > slightest idea how to find > an old church in NYC, IF there are any old Catholic > churches near 652 > Amsterdam, anyway, and IF what was 652 Amsterdam in > the early 1900s still > even exists. I also can't find that particular > Little Sisters of the Poor on > the Web.) > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Looking for descendants of Bernard "Bunzie" O'Neil who died in Knoxville, TN in 1992. Bunzie was born in Pittsburgh PA in 1916, went to University of Tennessee, was football All-American, played end on the 1938 Rose Bowl Team, served in US Navy in WW II, later taught and coached around Knoxville. Does anyone remember him or know whereabouts of his family? Also, looking for descendants of Bunzie's cousin Roscoe O'Neil, born in Cardiff or Birmingham AL in 1917, died in Boca Raton, FL in 1989. --J. Lee Nichols

Amanda, I have a George Washington O'Neil that, according to my grandfather, married and moved to Texas. I do not know where or who he married. Sorry. David Larry (O'Neil) Nix At 04:38 PM 01/15/2000 , you wrote: >Looking for a long shot..... > >Amanda Baker b abt 1831 in Bracken CO KY married a George ONEIL ( ONEAL ) abt >1850, believe in Bracken CO KY > >Has anyone run across these folks? > >Thank you > >Rochelle

Mostly from county Tyrone, in the north of Ireland. Mike O'Neal At 09:28 PM 1/14/00 -0800, you wrote: >They probably came from Tyrone, or just East of Tyrone. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Alice+Jim Hord <Jimali@webtv.net> >To: <ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:57 AM >Subject: [ONEALL-L] 'Red Hand of Ireland' > > >> thanks to those that gave me some tips on how to find this story,thought >> I had saved it but I can't find it~ I have just recieved a letter from >> an unknown cousin that I had just discoverd and written to~ she said she >> remembered hearing as a child that our ances. one Duke O'NEILL, was >> promised land in America and that all he had to do was touch the land he >> saw, and so as the ship pulled in he cut off his hand and threw it on >> the American shore< I want to be able to her the proper story behind >> that legend and explain the red hand as being older than anyone coming >> to America~funny how people take on a story as their own huh? wish she >> could tell me where in Ireland they came from,that is my quest! >> >> ALICE >*;*< >> > >

Hi everyone, I have been "lurking" for months while we have been trying to track down my husband's O'Neil relatives. For a long time, all we could find out was that his great-great-grandmother, Mary O'Neil, had married a James Sullivan sometime prior to 1865, and that both lived in NYC. We were told by relatives that she might have been born in Ireland. (TRY and locate one, specific James Sullivan with a wife named Mary in NYC in the mid-1800s! ((groan!)) ) Yesterday we had a minor breakthrough. We were able to pinpoint "our" Mary O'Neil Sullivan's death date from an old clipping we found in Burlington, Iowa, which was actually about the recent death of her son. (You know how those things go, in genealogy...) We sent for her death record from NYC. Her death certificate had the names of her parents on it, and included the fact that she had actually been BORN in NYC. Please, please, if any of the following rings any bells with any of you, let me know! Jerry O'NEIL, an immigrant from IRELAND, born early 1800s married Mary SHEA, also from Ireland. (We don't know yet when they came to NYC, or if they came when they were very young and then married in NYC, or if they married in Ireland.) Their daughter Mary O'NEIL, born abt. 1845. By 1865 she was married to James SULLIVAN. Their children were Jerry (born April, 1865), George, Charlie, James ("Jim"), and John ("Jack"). Jerry eventually moved to Iowa and married Cora Dearlove. Mary O'Neil Sullivan lived at 652 Amsterdam, Manhattan. She was admitted to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 135 W. 106th St., Manhattan, when she was about 86 years of age. She died there in December, 1936. (BTW, is anyone here familiar with NYC? I am trying to track down the nearest old Catholic church to 652 Amsterdam, in hopes that they have some records, but I live in Oregon and haven't got the slightest idea how to find an old church in NYC, IF there are any old Catholic churches near 652 Amsterdam, anyway, and IF what was 652 Amsterdam in the early 1900s still even exists. I also can't find that particular Little Sisters of the Poor on the Web.) I hope that this makes sense, and that someone recognizes something. If any of you have any idea of what I could do next to track down "our" Jerry O'Neil or Mary O'Neil, I would be very grateful! Thank you! Holly Sullivan

> HI Rocelle No I am not researching Bracken Co. KY, but I am Researching Boone Co. KY. You may try looking at the US Gen web for KY Cenuss. They may have Bracken co. online. they may have somone who can do lookups for you greg Anderson > George ONEAL married Amanda BAKER on 03-25-1852 in Bracken CO KY > >Is anyone researching this Bracken CO KY ONEAL family ? > >Thank you > >Rochelle

Thank you Greg, I will give it a shot! Rochelle

George ONEAL married Amanda BAKER on 03-25-1852 in Bracken CO KY Is anyone researching this Bracken CO KY ONEAL family ? Thank you Rochelle

Looking for a long shot..... Amanda Baker b abt 1831 in Bracken CO KY married a George ONEIL ( ONEAL ) abt 1850, believe in Bracken CO KY Has anyone run across these folks? Thank you Rochelle

Hello Fellow O'Neill's - I am still pretty green at the genealogy stuff so I was wondering if someone could tell me if there is a specific site to go to to submit my family history information? Any hints are appreciated. Until next time......... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim O'Neill Come Visit My Home Page at -- http://www.dnaco.net/~tojo ICQ# 1215663 AIM - dentwizard2 "May the road rise with you, and the wind be always at your back" Old Irish Proverb - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HI Sarah Ann O'Neal Keaton Spe3ak to Amanda Akey. she sent me the web site with the O'Neal crest story. some of the story is from my uncle and is on the back of the crest. Greg Anderson >Greg, Please send me the web site where I can read the complete version of >this story; also, I'd love to reaad the ship story. Thanks, Sara Ann O'Neal >Keaton > >Greg Anderson wrote: > >> HI Alice >> >> A similar story was passed down to me along with the crest of the >> family by my Great Uncle Harold O'Neal. >> >> Since then I have discovered many difference versions of the story. >> MY version told of a great race for land, and the first one to put >> his hand on the land will rule all of Ireland. I was told our O'Neal >> ancestor saw that he could not win, so he chopped off his right hand >> and threw it and his was the first to lay his hand on the land. >> another speaks of love , and another speaks of the ship story you >> mention in you re-mail. I have even found a web site that told of the >> story in great detail. However, There is no proof that the story is >> even true nor can it be proved at this point. It is just legend. It >> is a great story to tell your children when you are old and sitting >> by the fireplace on a cold dark night. >> >> Greg Anderson >> >> >can anyone tell me the story behind the 'red hand of Ireland' >> >crest~something about 2 Irish favored soldiers of an Eng.king/prince[?] >> >who told them something like on returning to Ireland you can have the >> >land you first touch and as the ship they were on came close to land the >> >soldier by the name O'NEILL cut off his hand and threw it on land~I'd > > >like to know a more detailed story if anyone knows~~Thanks > > > > > > ALICE >*;*<