Re: Mark Healy
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In reply to:
Mark Healy
Trevor Haagsma 8/20/08
Hello Trevor:
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. Co. Donegal and Derry were just 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 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 John Healy B 1841 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 196 rcds - none had a father forenamed Mark. For 1841 (exact), there are 23 rcds - too many to summarize here. You will need an exact DOB, parent(s) name(s), and/or placename(s) to pick which, if any, is the right one.
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.