Re: Sullivan and Meara or O'Meara
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In reply to:
Sullivan and Meara or O'Meara
JOHN GROVES 2/16/07
I search 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).
For John Sullivan B 1861 (exact) in the database, I found 61 B rcds with 1 in Tipperary.
For Mary Meara B ditto, I found 4 B rcds: 3-Tipperary, 1-Dublin.
Looks like Tipperary is your best chance. If you KNEW whether they married in Ireland and (better) had children in Ireland for whom you know the names and DOB, this would greatly improve your odds.
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.