Re: Relatives of Stephen Fitzpatrick
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Relatives of Stephen Fitzpatrick
John Fitzpatrick 12/11/08
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 Marg(aret) Kerns B 1877 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 34 rcds with 6 in 1877 alone. However, only 1 is in 1880 Co. Fermanagh.The father's forename is Owen. The only difficulty is it is in Rosslea RD rather than the Lisnaskea you specified.
For John Fitzpatrick B 1868 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 167 rcds, with 25 in 1868 alone. Assuming that John followed the Irish naming tradition, he would have named his first born either Timothy or Stephen after his father. Using this rule of thumb, there is one B rcd match for Timothy in 1864 (Tipperary) and one for Stephen in 1868 (Down). The second is the more likely.
A view of the detailed rcds SHOULD reveal their parent's names and other info. Suggest you locate census, or better, naturalization papers. These often give precise DOB, and sometimes 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.