Re: hallorans
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hallorans
michael halloran 10/15/06
Hello Michael:
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).
For David Halloran B 1869 +/- 10 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed Joseph, I found 0 rcds. This infers his birth occurred in America, the rcd didn't survive, or hasn't been transcribed yet.
For Joseph Halloran M ditto, I found 3 rcds: 1858 Limerick, 1869 Tipperary, and 1872 Galway.
For Cat(herine) Fitzgerald M ditto, I found 145 rcds. Restricting the search to the counties and years for Jospeh, I found: 1858 Limerick (2 rcds), 1869 Tipperary (3 rcds), and 1872 Galway (0 rcds). This is a manageable number.
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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Re: hallorans
michael halloran 10/06/10