Posted By:	Ralph Connors
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	Subject:	Re: Michael McDermott Born Silgo 1841 moved to Glossop, Derbyshire
	Post Date:	April 27, 2009 at 08:30:01
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/ireland/sligo/messages/632.html
	Forum:	Sligo, Ireland Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/ireland/sligo/

Hi Jan: 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 county, 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 Mich(ael) McDermott B 1841 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Sligo with the father's forename unknown, I found 6 rcds: 2-1838, 2-1839, and 2-1845. Father's forenames are Michael, Andrew, William, Laurence, Bartholomew, and Patrick respectively. Note 12 of 24 RC parishes WEREN'T keeping B rcds in 1841. Therefore, there is at least a 50% chance that rcds of this event were never made. For Johanna Sheen, rcds for Co. Waterford aren't in the database yet. Suggest you wait until they are. This may take some time; be patient. 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.