Re: Dempsey surname, possibly Nolan
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Dempsey surname, possibly Nolan
Isabella Barradell 8/31/09
Hi Isabella:
Your info is sketchy. Will try to work with it. My course is to focus on Kildare, and specifically Newbridge parish. The probability is the family stayed put in one place after their 1st child was born.
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 James Dempsey M ????, Newbridge RC parish, Co. Kildare, I found 4 rcds: 1861, 1867, 1889, and 1894. Only the rcds for 1867 and 1889 appear likely to have produced 11 children by 1911. A view of these MAY show that 1 rcd has a Julia as the bride. Your chances are less than 50%. If one does have a Julia, it is HIGHLY likely to be for your ancestors as Julia is a very rare forename in Ireland.
Potential offspring were: Brigid 1895, Esther 1895, Joseph 1893, John 1897, Margaret 1894, Margaret 1898, Mary 1899, Rosanna 1897, Julia 1891, and Patrick 1890.
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: Dempsey surname, possibly Nolan
Isabella Barradell 9/03/09