Re: Peter Faherty
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In reply to:
Peter Faherty
Elaine Stevens 12/06/07
Hi Elaine:
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 Mary Faherty B 1842 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Galway, with a father forenamed Peter, I found 4 rcds: 1838 Clifden parish, 1838 Rahoon, 1841 Clifden, and 1844 Rahoon.
For Peter Faherty M 1840 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Galway, I found 3 rcds: 1836 Rahoon parish, 1836 Rahoon, and 1842 Clifden.
It looks like ANY of the above could be for your ancestors. You will have to use the mother's name to distinguish which, if any, rcds are for your ancestors. Once you ID the correct ones, you can search for possible siblings to Mary.
For Chr(istopher) Connelly B ????, Co. Galway, the earliest rcd I found was for 1871. This is too late for your timeline.
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.