Re: john murphy farmer of drummin married ellen(eleanor) Astleford
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In reply to:
john murphy farmer of drummin married ellen(eleanor) Astleford
John Tyner 2/18/07
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).
Co. Wicklow Marriage rcds aren't in this database yet. Suggest you wait until they are. Aghold may be a corruption of the townland name Aghowle. Likewise, Coolkenno may be the townland of Coolkenna.
For Ellen Astleford B 1828 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Wicklow with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds. There are 0 B rcds for the surname Astleford at any date. This surname appears solely within Co. Kilkenny in the existing database.
For John Murphy B ditto, I found 48 B rcds - an impossible number without an exact DOB, parent(s) name(s), or placenames.
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.