Re: Coffey/Quinlivan
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Coffey/Quinlivan
Ray Carroll 3/11/10
Hello R. Carroll:
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 Martin Coffee B 1858 +/- 7 yrs, Co. Limerick, with a father forenamed Mat(hew)I found 1 rcd, 1863, St. Munchin's RC parish.
For the other children, I found B rcds for all in St. Munchin's RC parish in the range 1858 +/- 7 yrs.
For Mat(hew) Coffee M 1851 (exact), St. John's RC parish, Co. Limerick, I found 1 rcd.
For Ju(dith) Quinlivan M ditto, ditto. These fit your specifications exactly. They are highly likely to be for your ancestors. A view of the detailed rcds SHOULD show their parents' names as well as lesser info.
For Mat(hew) Coffee B ????, Co. Tipperary, with the father's forename unknown (or found above), I found only 3 rcds within a relevant range: 1824, 1825, and 1844. All 3 were in Newport RC parish. Father's respective forenames were Thomas, John, and Michael.
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.