Re: John Wilkinson County Derry, Ireland 1700's
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In reply to:
John Wilkinson County Derry, Ireland 1700's
Kyle Wilkinson 11/23/09
Hello Kyle:
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 ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
Note 4 - The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has microfilms of parish church rcds.
For John Wilkinson B 18th century, Co. Derry, with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds.
For John Wilkinson M 18th century, Co. Derry, I found 1 rcd in 1781. Will leave it to you to explore the database to find the parish.
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.