Re: Bernard McKenna's family, Providence, 1846
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Bernard McKenna's family, Providence, 1846
Ray McKenna 12/04/08
Hello Ray:
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 county, 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 Peter McKenna B 1828 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland with a father forenamed Bernard, I found 0 rcds.
For Betsy McKenna B 1826 ditto, I found ditto.
For Sal(ley) McKenna B 1835 ditto, ditto.
For Ann McKenna B 1831 ditto, I found 1 rcd in 1831 Co. Longford.
For John McKenna B 1834 ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1833 Roscommon, and 1835 Tyrone.
For Marg(aret) McKenna B 1835 ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1835 Cavan and 1836 Louth.
For Pat(rick) McKenna B 1837 ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1836 Down, and 1838 Louth.
For La(urence) McKenna B 1842 ditto, I found 0 rcds.
For Ber(nard) McKenna B 1845 ditto, I found 1 rcd in Co. Tyrone.
For John McKenna B 1826 ditto, I found 1 rcd in 1826 Co. Kildare.
For Ber(nard) McKenna M 1824 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland, I found 1 rcd in 1823 Co. Armagh.
The lack of B rcds for most of the children isn't a good sign. The lack of a consistent county among those for which rcds were found is worse. This suggest either rcds for these events didn't survive, or haven't been digitized yet. Of the 17,308 McKenna B rcds in the current database, 8,803 rcds are in Ulster Province. Co. Donegal and Co. Derry rcds aren't in the database yet. It may be that their rcds haven't been transcribed yet. Suggest you wait until the database is more complete. This may take time; be patient.
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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