MCNALLY, PATRICK

[nellibell49]

We are looking for any information about Patrick McNally, born about 1787, and his wife Judith Kilfroy (perhaps Kilfroy McDermott). Birth records, marriage records, information about their children William and Mary (borns about 1808 & 1810). Patrick was with the British 100th Regiment, and was court-martialled at Chambly in Canada in 1812. He was transported to the New South Wales penal colony on the ship the Surrey in 1814. Is there any information on when & where he enlisted? Anything about Patrick & Judith's life in Roscommon would be helpful - preferably with usable references for a PhD. Many thanks

[aghadowey]

Military records for British Army will probably be at National Archives, Kew. See their website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

As to researching the family in Ireland: Irish records for 1800ish and earlier are scarce and to do any research you need to know where the family lived (parish if not actual townland). Suggest you start by reading up on Irish records to see what sources might be helpful and what information isn't available at all. Here's some pages about Roscommon research to start with:
http://www.from-ireland.net/contents/roscommconts.htm
http://www.from-ireland.net/parishrecords/ros/rosrcparindex.htm
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ROS
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/roscommon/rosrc1.html
http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/roscommon
http://www.johngrenham.com/links/counties/roscommon.shtml

This section of Rootschat Roscommon board has lots of sections with useful details about researching in the county:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,75.0.html