Re: Dargans of Dublin, Ireland, 19th and early 20th century
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Dargans of Dublin, Ireland, 19th and early 20th century
John Stafford 7/19/09
Hello John:
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,700,000 surviving rcds for abt 70% 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 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 ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
For Chris(topher) Dargan B 1908 +/- 1 yr, Co. Dublin, with a father named John, I found 0 rcds. Note - Co. Dublin rcds are in the database, Dublin City rcds aren't. Also, civil rcds (after 1864) which survived the 1922 Four Courts fire aren't.
For Civil rcds, contact the General Register Office at http://www.groireland.iehttp://www.groireland.ie for certificate copies. Fees apply.
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.