'sawright. good luck. At 06:43 AM 31/03/00 -0800, you wrote: >Dear David, > >Thank you so very much for the tips! >I will definitely keep them in mind if the opportunity ever comes that I can >speak with a relative who might have some information. I did find my >grandmother's only living sibling, her youngest brother. He lives in NY and >I have written him in hopes he can shed some light on all of this. He may >recall something of his brother-in-law or even just bits and pieces of where >grandma and grandpa lived last. >I suppose it's just a matter of time. > >Thanks again David, your help is greatly appreciated! > >Sincerely, > >Erin O'Neil Kinsel :o) > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Palmquist [mailto:plmquist@uniserve.com] >Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:00 PM >To: ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ONEALL-L] William A. O'Neil > > >Hi Erin, >I'm trying to search back a little with O'Neill in Scotland, but don't think >we're the same family. Nevertheless, have you found anyone with an old >family Bible you could look at (usually older Bibles had family info written >inside). Another really useful "family history" technique I've used when >meeting elderly relatives is to set up a video camera nearby, and just >record what's said while everyone looks through old family photo albums. >Your grandma or great uncle or whoever probably won't be unhappy about this, >and the album will jog her/his memory, so you'll find out lots of >interesting stuff. Maybe that would twig someone into remembering where >your granddad came from? > >David in Delta, BC, Canada > >At 01:44 PM 30/03/00 -0800, Erin Kinsel wrote: >>Hello everyone! >> >>This is my first posting, and I'm not sure what's usually discussed, but >>I'll just jump right in with the reason I joined. >> >>My grandfather was William A. O'Neil. He married Mary Dorothy Joubert >(date >>unknown). Together they had six children, born in the following order >(most >>dates unknown); William O'Neil (deceased), Ernie O'Neil (deceased), Jeanie >>O'Neil (currently residing in Ogdensburg, NY), Annie O'Neil (currently >>residing in NY state), Hughey O'Neil (currently residing in NY state) and >>Marguerite Carolyn O'Neil, b. 1940 (my mother, currently residing in >>Ogdensburg, NY). >>Mary Dorothy Joubert, b. 1908, was 34 when she died in 1942. William A. >>O'Neil left the family shortly after Mary died. It is said that he died >>shortly after that, however I have no proof of this. >> >>I have been unable to find any further information regarding my >grandfather. >>There are alot of William O'Neil's but none of them seem to warrant a valid >>connection to my family. I believe that I may just be missing a couple >>vital pieces of information. My mother gave me the "O'Neil" name as my >>middle name in honor of her parents. All during my childhood my middle >name >>was a reason to be teased and snickered at because it was different and >>unusual. Now it's a symbol of honor and family, the family my mother lost >>when she was very young. I want to know where my grandfather came from. >If >>anyone has any information that may be able to help me in my search I would >>greatly appreciate it. >> >>Thank you so very much in advance...... >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Erin O'Neil Kinsel >>Woodinville, WA >>email: Erin_K_99@hotmail.com >> >> >> > > >