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From: Marjorie Hankins <mandf.hankins@sympatico.ca>
Date: 26-Oct-2005 11:40
Subject: RE: Dempsey in Wexford
To: hugh@xtra.co.nz
It is a long time since I did the research, but my records have:
Kew Record Office, WO12 Folios 8193-8197 for 1807 to 1817.
I don’t have the address for Kew but they are doubtless on-line now. WO is
the class of records that I got and the Folios contained the
Payroll/bookkeeping for the regiment. They are like great big ledgers with
six columns and tell the history of each man, as well as the “doings” of the
regiment in the REMARKS column. Each man has his own page/pages, so you
don’t have to flip from one book to the other.
It tells the amount of pay, beer rations, health, duties, transfers,
promotions, demotions, locations, etc. as well as the names of the officers.
I went to Kew in 1982 and was only able to stay there a couple of hours,
but by quick scanning through the regimental rolls I found Richard Ringer
and then got the Folios. It took a lot of fast writing and short forms, but
I found the records very clear and beautifully written.
If you can’t get there yourself, Kew has lists of researchers, but at the
time I went they did not give any recomendations, leading me to believe that
just anyone could put their name on. Perhaps you could appeal through the
Wexford List for someone who lives close enough to do the job.
I hope you are able to get these records and are as thrilled with the
information that I was.
Also, you might enquire about the Regimental Museum for the 65th, and
probably there is a History of the 65th Regt. which would give an overall
picture.
Good luck,
Marjorie.
kopuru
