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Hi Kathy:
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 Wil(liam) McLaughlin B ????, Co. Mayo, with the father's forename unknown, the earliest rcd I found was in 1843. 0 of 49 Mayo north RC parishes were keeping B rcds as of 1820. Rcd transcription for Mayo is essentially complete. It is doubtful if any earlier rcds will be added to this database.
Sometimes either the LDS Family History Library or National Library of Ireland have microfilms of parish registers which have succumbed to time and didn't get transcribed.
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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