Chat
|
Daily Search
|
My GenForum
|
Community Standards
|
Terms of Service
|
|
|
Hello Neil:
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 the children B ca 1838 Co. Antrim, with a father forenamed Arch(ibald), I found only Margaret B 1838 within a relevant range.
For Archibald McAllister M 1836 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland, I found 1 rcd in 1837, Co. Antrim.
For Mary Hamilton M 1837 (exact), Co. Antrim, I found 0 rcds. It looks like the M rcd didn't survive, hasn't been transcribed, or they married in America.
For Arch(ibald) McAllister B 1812 +/- 4 yrs, I found 0 rcds.
For Mary Hamilton B ditto, I found 6 rcds: 1811 Cavan, 1811 Kilkenny, 1811 Derry, 1812 Galway, 1813 Donegal, and 1813 Limerick. One, if any, MAY be for your ancestor, but your chances are slim.
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.
Notify Administrator about this message?
Followups:No followups yet |
| http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcallister/messages/2155.html | ||
 |
Link to GenForum Add Forum |
|