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Connaught Rangers Records

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GinaS

GinaS Report 16 Nov 2011 22:05

In 1870 King House Military Barracks, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland was taken over and used as the Headquarters.

It is now a Museum and they house all the records for the Connaught Rangers soldiers from 1793.

Oliver Fallon is the Curator.

The GRO in Roscommon Town house BMD's from 1864 up today also the Army Birth Registers

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane

Joy

Joy Report 16 Nov 2011 22:22

http://www.kinghouse.ie/connaughtrangers.html
Unfortunately the Connaught Rangers Association has been disbanded http://www.connaughtrangersassoc.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

GinaS

GinaS Report 16 Nov 2011 22:25

Hi Joy,

The Museum and records still available up to August of this year.

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane

Joy

Joy Report 16 Nov 2011 22:31

Thanks. I thought that Oliver Fallon said when we had contact a couple of years ago that not all the records were there, but I could be wrong :)
Have just emailed him to ask if that site will be live again, it had been interesting.

GinaS

GinaS Report 16 Nov 2011 22:42

The Connaught Ranger Museum came up in the Genealogy show that was shown a few months ago, and he said they now have all the application forms the soldiers filled in on enlisting, these numbered over 100,000.

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane

Joy

Joy Report 16 Nov 2011 22:46

Ah, that's interesting. Thank you. I wonder if they would be any different from the records in find my past.

GinaS

GinaS Report 16 Nov 2011 23:19

They look to be the same as the one my grandfathers filled in during WW1, eye colour, chest measurement etc.,

Researching:
Haughton Brocken Unwin Tomsett Splane