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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 Alexander McKeown B 1891 in Co. Antrim with the father's forename unknown, I found 1 rcd. However, the father's forename is Alexander also.
For Lau(rence)/Law(rence) McKeown M ???? somewhere in Ireland, I found 24 for the former and 5 for the latter spelling.
For Mary Grier M ???? ditto, I found 186 rcds.
For the surname Henke, there are no rcds in Ireland. They likely married elsewhere.
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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