Re: William GOWAN - Ireland>Wisconsin>Minnesota
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William GOWAN - Ireland>Wisconsin>Minnesota
Christine Frawley Hill 6/22/06
DATES!!! You didn't list any.
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 parish, 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 Ellen Gowan B ???? somewhere in Ireland with a father forenamed William, I found 6 rcds: 1867 Leitrim, 1877 Leitrim, 2-1885 Antrim, 1897 Antrim, and 1904 Antrim.
For William Gowan B ditto with the father's forename unknown, I found 235 rcds, the earliest from 1795.
For Ellen Lloyd B ditto, I found 12 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.