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Re: Finnegans County Monaghan
Posted by: Ralph Connors (ID *****9163) Date: October 17, 2009 at 12:13:26
In Reply to: Finnegans County Monaghan by Liz Swatton of 978

Hi Liz:

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).

Co. Monaghan rcds aren't in the database yet. Suggest you wait until they are. For some of the other counties in your post, rcds may be online, or through the General Register Office at http://www.groireland.ie.

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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