Re: Nancy K. McDermott 1847
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Nancy K. McDermott 1847
elizabeth kennedy-lavell 1/24/07
Have you searched the 1850 and later censuses?
Assuming she was born in Ireland, I researched 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).
For Nan(cy) McDermott B 1847 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds. It may be that her rcds haven't been digitized yet.
The McDermott surname is Gaelic Irish; the forename is more Scots-Irish. This hints at an origin in northern Ireland.
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.