Re: Michael Lennon b. 1845 County Down Ireland
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Michael Lennon b. 1845 County Down Ireland
Brian Beirne 10/15/06
Hello Brian:
B/M/D records for Co. Down are notoriously slip-shod.
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 Mich(ael) Lennon B 1845 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Down, with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds. The closest in time are in 1838 and 1853. These are a bit far afield to your timeline.
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.