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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).
For Sarah Dobbins M 1857 (exact) in Co. Antrim, I found 1 rcd.
For John McKeown M ditto, I found 5 rcds.
Will leave it to you to screen these by parish to see if there is a match at that level of detail. If so, the rcds are likely for your ancestors. Then, a view of the detailed rcds should provide info to validate their B rcds.
I found B rcds for Matilda and Sarah Dobbins, but not with a father named Charles. The earliest M rcd for a Charles Dobbins is in 1835.
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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