Re: Catherine Tobin convict to Australia in 1817 from Cork
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In reply to:
Catherine Tobin convict to Australia in 1817 from Cork
Julie Gough 1/26/08
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).
18th cent. rcds are REALLY sparse.
For Cath(erine) Tobin B 1787 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 6 rcds: 1783 Kilkenny, 1787 Kilkenny, 1788 Kilkenny, 1788 Tipperary, 1789 Dublin, & 1789 Kilkenny. There is only a SLIM chance that one of these may be for your ancestor.
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.