Hilary from Ontario wrote about her great-great-grandparents John and Margaret O'Neill from New Abbey. They are also my great-great-grandparents, and I will be contacting Hilary by private email to follow up. Rootsweb is fantastic - I have been into genealogy for a dozen years now, with about 6,300 people in my database, and had discovered (and met) numerous previously unknown family members, most notably a living half-brother who I had always been told had drowned. Many of my tree lines petered out around 1800. I discovered Rootsweb and joined two lists in early April, and already have been discovered by three living relatives from our Orkney family branch. Now I have discovered a living relative from the O'Neill list from Kirkcudbrightshire. This is wonderful. A huge thank you to the people who put Rootsweb together and al the volunteers who maintain the various lists. It has been very fulfilling for me. David Palmquist Delta, BC. >Today's Topics: > #1 [ONEALL-L] John O'NEIL / O'NEILL / [Hilary Dorricott <dorricott.davies] >Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 19:21:01 -0400 >From: Hilary Dorricott <dorricott.davies@sympatico.ca> >To: ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ONEALL-L] John O'NEIL / O'NEILL / O'NIEL and Margaret CALVERT married 1841 >Hello Listers: >I am new to this list, having just found out about it through a posting >to the CALVERT-L list. >My interest is in the O'Neill family (spelling variations found >throughout the generations) which emigrated from Ulster to New Abbey, >Kirkcudbright, Scotland around 1800. I have considerable information >about them which I'd like to share. >My 2xgreat-grandfather John O'NEILL (1818-1896) was born and married >(1841) in New Abbey. His wife was Margaret CALVERT (1822-1899) of >Canonbie, Dumfries. >Lots more information if anyone is interested. >Cheers, Hilary near Toronto, Ontario, Canada >