Re: Nancy Butler abt 1755
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Nancy Butler abt 1755
Elaine Harris 1/26/09
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN parish, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
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 ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For Nancy Butler B ???? somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, the earliest rcd I found was for 1796. About 50% of 18th cent. Butler rcds are found in Kilkenny. It is doubtful if any more rcds for Kilkenny will be found. However, Cos. Waterford, Wexford, Laois, Offaly and Carlow nearly surround Co. Kilkenny. Rcds for these counties haven't been digitized yet. They may have lots of Butlers. Suggest you wait until completion of the digitization process.
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.