Posted By:	Ralph Connors
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	Subject:	Re: Johanna Kearney - Carmody - Ireland and Australia
	Post Date:	June 20, 2009 at 06:53:31
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/kearney/messages/1335.html
	Forum:	Kearney Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/kearney/

Hi Linda: 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 the surname Kearney (+variants) with forenames of Bartholomew, Thomas, Martin, and Patrick in Co. Armagh, Ardagh civil and church parishes, I found 0 rcds at any date. Rcd transcription for Limerick is essentially complete. It appears rcds for these individuals didn't survive. 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.