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Re: John Heffernan - Ireland to Australia
Posted by: Ralph Connors (ID *****9163) Date: January 23, 2009 at 08:26:10
In Reply to: John Heffernan - Ireland to Australia by Michael Heffernan of 1073

I searched 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 John Heffernan B 1842 (exact) in Co. Cork with the father forenamed John, I found 1 rcd in Conna parish.

For John Heffernan Sr. M 1837 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Cork, I found 11 rcds: 1834, 2-1835, 1836, 2-1838, 4-1839, and 1840.

For Ellen Curtain M ditto, I found 12 rcds: 2-1833, 1835, 4-1836, 2-1838, 2-1839, and 1840.

Screening at the parish level, I didn't find any matching rcds. Note 2 may apply here.

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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