Re: Catherine RIORDAN m Timothy HORRIGAN bef 1852, born Ireland, lived in Ilinois
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Catherine RIORDAN m Timothy HORRIGAN bef 1852, born Ireland, lived in Ilinois
Kathryn Richard 10/08/09
Hello AK:
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 available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome), and the National Library of Ireland on microfilm.
For Tim(othy) Horrigan B 1825 +/- 5 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, with the father's forename unknown, I found 13 rcds, all in Co. Cork. Two had father's forenamed Daniel.
For Cat(herine) Riordan B ditto, I found 71 rcds, with 52 in Co. Cork.
Do you know if they married in Ireland?
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: Catherine RIORDAN m Timothy HORRIGAN bef 1852, born Ireland, lived in Ilinois
Alexa Richard 3/25/10