Re: BROGAN
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BROGAN
jean old 11/29/07
Hello Jean:
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,800,000 surviving rcds for abt 70% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800. Cos. Donegal and Derry were recently added to the database.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 30%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome), and the National Library of Ireland on microfilm.
For Br(idget) Brogan B 1900 +/- 3 yrs, Foxford CP, Co. Mayo, with a father forenamed Martin, I found just 1 rcd, 1897. This seems to match your criteria exactly. There is a high probability it is for your ancestor.
For Martin Brogan M ????, somewhere in Ireland, the closest rcd I found was in 1864, Co. Mayo, Kilmoremoy CP.
For Mary Thornton M ditto, I found NO matching rcd. This casts serious doubt on the validity of the rcd for Martin.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Re: BROGAN
jean old 4/07/10