Re: Sure could use some help PLEASE looking for the parents of Mary Shay
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Sure could use some help PLEASE looking for the parents of Mary Shay
Terry L Reid 4/12/12
I search the IFHF's online database @ ROOTSIRELAND.IE. It has abt 19 million B/M/D and other records for MOST Irish counties. Records before 1863 are increasingly sparse. By 1800, they are nearly non-existant.
For Mary Shay B 1832 (exact), Co. Waterford, with the parents' names unknown, I found 3 records. A view (usually at a smalle fee) of these records MAY provide details to let you pick which, if any, record is the right one.
For James McCarthy B 1831 (exact), somewhere in Ireland, with the parents' names unknown, I found 12 records. Ditto.
Hope this helps. Good luck and merry Xmas.