Re: William Tobias Clark b. 1816 washington d.c. / va
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Re: William Tobias Clark b. 1816 washington d.c. / va
Julia Schifflin 11/04/08
Hi Julia:
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 ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
Note 4 - The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has microfilms of parish church rcds.
For William Clark B 1816 (exact), Co. Cork, with the father's forename unknown, I found 1 rcd, Brigown CI parish. Father's forename was John.
For John Clark M 1812 +/- 4 yrs, Brigown CI, Co. Cork, I found 0 rcds. Sources indicate M rcds for this parish didn't start until 1810. There are 2 rcds for this name in Co. Cork, 1808 and 1810, but in different parishes.
For possible rcds of Williams transit to the U.S., Google "castlegarden."
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.