Re: Kinsella and Hoey
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In reply to:
Kinsella and Hoey
Joseph Hoey 2/02/07
Hello Joseph:
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).
For William Hoey M 1865 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland, I found 9 rcds: 1861 Dublin, 1863 Antrim, 1864 Tyrone, 1865 Dublin*, 3-1866 Antrim, and 2-1867 Louth.
For Mary Kinsella M ditto, I found 13 rcds. Only the 1865 Co. Dublin rcd is a POTENTIAL match. However, there are no matching rcds in the same Dublin parish. Suggest you wait until the database is more complete.
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.