Re: Margaret d/o Jeremiah Cronin w/o George McGrath
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In reply to:
Margaret d/o Jeremiah Cronin w/o George McGrath
Chris Thomas 7/18/08
Hello Chris:
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). These rcds are also available on microfilm at the National Library of Ireland.
Note 4 - Each county has its own set of quirks, and limitations.
For Jer(emiah) Cronin B 1875 +/- 2 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, I found 9 rcds: 3-1874, 1875, 3-1876 (1-Limerick), and 2-1877, all in Cork except for the 1 in Limerick.
Suggest you search church/civil marriage rcds in America for their ages and/or parents' names/placenames.
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.