Re: Michael Kearns b. abt 1830 married to Mary Misset
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Michael Kearns b. abt 1830 married to Mary Misset
Michael Erhart 8/02/09
Hello Michael:
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 - Microfilms of parish church rcds are kept by the National Library of Ireland (NLI).
For Mary Misset M 1852 +/- 4 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, I found 1 rcd in 1849, Sligo. For the surname Misset there are 60 rcds. These seem to be concentrated in the Sligo, Leitrim and Dublin areas.
For Michael Kearns M ditto, I found NO matching M rcd. The fact that I couldn't find matching M rcds makes it even more difficult to find B rcds.
For Mary Misset B 1830 +/- 4 yrs, I found 5 rcds: 1829 Mayo, 2-1831 Wicklow, 1833 Sligo, and 1833 Dublin.
For Mic(hael) Kearns B ditto, I found 24 rcds - too many to easily summarize here.
For Bridget, Patrick, Mary, and Michael with a father forenamed Michael, the common county seems to be Galway. This abuts Co. Sligo. This is a long shot with only a small chance of being correct.
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.