Re: McAllister in NY,NJ,PA
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McAllister in NY,NJ,PA
Susan Servatius 10/28/09
Hello Susan:
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.
For John McAllister B 1836 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Antrim, with a father forenamed James, I found 1 rcd in 1840. This seems a bit young to have married and left for America in 1858.
For James McAllister M 1836 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Antrim, I found 2 rcds in 1832. A view of the M rcds should show the bride's name. The rcds SOMETIMES list the town and/or townland.
Will leave it to you to find the associated parishes for the above; this is tedious.
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.