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Re: Joseph Lindsay, County Down 1858
Posted by: Ralph Connors (ID *****9163) Date: May 17, 2009 at 06:49:59
In Reply to: Joseph Lindsay, County Down 1858 by VICKI JOHNSON of 1191

Hi Vicki:

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 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 just the surname "Lindsay" in Co. Down, there are 267 B, but only 4 with the forename Joseph at any date. These are 18XX, 1844, 1849, and 1870. The transcription of Down's rcds is supposedly complete. It is doubtful if any more rcds will be added to the database from this county.

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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