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Hi Ellen:
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 - Each county has its own set of quirks, and limitations.
For Thomas Twomey B 1885 +/- 2 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed John, I found 2 rcds, Co. Cork, 1887 Cobh, and 1887 Killavullen RC parishes.
For Cat(herine), B 1883 +/- 4 yrs, Cobh, Co. Cork, I found 1 rcd, 1881.
For Marg(aret), ditto, I found 1 rcd: 1883.
For Jer(emiah), ditto, I found 1 rcd: 1880.
For John, ditto, I found a John Joseph B 1886.
The above are highly likely to be for these ancestors.
For John Twomey M 1879 +/- 1 yr, Co. Cork, I found 2 rcds: 1878, and 1879.
For Ellen Cronin M ditto, I found 1 rcd: 1880, Blarney RC parish. There is a NO match for a marriage within this search range.
For Ellen Cronin B 1857 +/- 4 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, with the father's forename unknown (or found above), I found 25 rcds - too many to easily summarize here.
For John Twomey B 1855 ditto, I found 29 rcds.
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.
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