Re: Ransom Lyons, 1820, Ireland
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Ransom Lyons, 1820, Ireland
Karen Scheumack 6/24/07
I 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.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN parish, 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).
No Ransom Lyons B or M rcds at anydate, anywhere in this database. It may be the rcds haven't been digitized yet. Ransom is an exceedingly rare forename in Ireland. I screened several hundred thousand rcds - I found no instances of its use.
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.
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Re: Ransom Lyons, 1820, Ireland
Karen Scheumack 2/16/09