Hello this is my first post here and trying to fill in some information on my family history as I guess everyone here is trying to do. The Purcell's on my side of my family came from Balinakill (Castlecode?) in Ireland, or so I believe, my great grandfather Pierce Purcell came to Australia in 1852 after serving in the Indian mutiny, he was born in Ireland in 1833, for a long time I believed he was born in Ballyhale but now believe this might not be the case, on his death certificate it was reported he came from Queen's County now County Laos. His father was William Purcell C1803 and his mother was Mary Fogarty, I have a rough copy of a family tree which someone sent me and on it it stated his mother as Anne Fogarty, so not sure which is right as I got the name Mary from Pierce's marriage certificate. He had a brother called John Purcell C1835 and on his father's side were Tom, Pat, Pierce, Bridget and John. Other names which were on the family tree were Foyle, Dowling, Stapelton. Any help would be greatly appreciated as getting information from Ireland is very hard when you do not know where to start.
