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Re: Thomas O'Gara b. 1827 Ireland
Posted by: Ralph Connors (ID *****9163) Date: January 15, 2009 at 15:28:43
In Reply to: Thomas O'Gara b. 1827 Ireland by Frances Johansson of 265

I searched 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).

Note 4 - Each parish's rcds have their own quirks and limitations, too many to enumerate individually.

For Thomas O'Gara B 1827 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 8 B rcds.

For Mary O'Gara B 1830 ditto, I found 11 B rcds.

Some of these MAY be for your ancestors - at this early date, the probability is less than abt 40%.

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 genform msg.

Hope this helps. Good luck.


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