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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 Robert McKeown B ???? somewhere in Ireland with a father forenamed James, the earliest rcd I found was in 1837 Co. Down.
For Sarah ditto B ???? ditto, the earliest rcd I found was in 1831 Antrim.
For William ditto B B4 1840, I found 7 rcds in various counties with 1 in 1831 Co. Down.
For Thomas ditto B ditto, I found 10 rcds with 2 in Down.
For Mary ditto B ditto, I found 37 rcds with 3 in Co. Down.
I think you stand at the edge of prehistory. The above MAY be due to pure random chance. None of the forenames are so unique as to make any of the results conclusive. The only way to see if these can be part of the same family is to sort them by parish. This is more tedium than I wish to endure. Will leave it to you. Your chances of success are slim.
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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