Re: Lavin Family
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In reply to:
Lavin Family
Patrick Lavin 8/15/08
Research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Suggest you search the censuses to find est DOB, DOM, etc., before searching. Precision helps.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
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).
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.