Re: James Thomas Boyles born 1803
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In reply to:
James Thomas Boyles born 1803
J. Munger 2/21/09
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 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 James Boyle B 1803 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 6 rcds: 1802 Armagh, 1803 Limerick, 1803 Dublin, 1806 Kilkenny, and 2-1807 Westmeath. Only the Armagh rcd is in northern Ireland. The father's name for this rcd is Michael. Note - at this early date, probably less than 10% of B/M/D events were being rcd'd. There is only a slight chance that this rcd is for your ancestor.
For Nancy Reid B 1802 ditto, I found 0 rcds.
For James Boyle M 1824 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland, I found 15 rcds only 4 in northern Ireland.
For Nancy Reid M ditto, I found 0 rcds.
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.