Re: Patrick J. Sheehan & Ellen J. Shea m. 1912 Weymouth Ma
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In reply to:
Patrick J. Sheehan & Ellen J. Shea m. 1912 Weymouth Ma
Donna Oranellas 3/09/08
Hello Donna:
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 available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome), and the National Library of Ireland (NLI) on microfilm.
For Han(nora) Scollard B ????, somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 3 rcds: 1836, 1847, and 1857, all in Co. Limerick.
For John Sheehan B ????, ditto, I found 1,432 rcds - waay too many to summarize here.
For Han(nora) Scollard M ????, ditto, I found NO rcds within a reasonable range.
For Pat(rick) Sheehan B ????, somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed John, I found 185 rcds.
You will need to find some more exact DOB/DOM, POB/POM, parent(s) name(s), etc to determine which, if any, are the right ones.
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.