Re: Ruddy Archbald PA
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In reply to:
Ruddy Archbald PA
Louise Harris 9/26/06
Hello Louise:
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,800,000 surviving rcds for abt 70% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800. Cos. Donegal and Derry were recently added to the database.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN county, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 30%.
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 - Microfilms of parish church rcds are kept by the National Library of Ireland (NLI).
For Ant(hony) Ruddy B ????, Co. Mayo, with the father's forename unknown, I found 1 rcd spelt "Anty", 1830. Father's forename was John. Will leave it to you to find the associated parish - this is tedious.
For Bri(dget) McNulty B ditto, I found 9 potential rcds: 1828, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1833, 1842, 1843, 1843, and 1844. Father's respective forenames were "Wm", Anthony, John, Patrick, Thomas, Michael, John, "J", and Hugh.
The 3 sons are likely to have been born in England as there are NO rcds for them in Mayo.
Will leave it to you to find whether Anthony and Bridget married in Ireland or England.
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.