Re: John WALSH and Rose SWEENEY
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John WALSH and Rose SWEENEY
Charles Walsh 5/11/09
Hello Charles:
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 Redmond Walsh B ????, somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed John, I found 4 rcds: 1833 Limerick, 1874 Cork, 1886 Mayo (civil), and 1886 (church). Since you know his exact DOB, NONE of these is for this ancestor. This infers either the rcds didn't survive, or more likely, that they haven't been transcribed yet (Note 2 may apply). Suggest you wait until the database is more complete, OR, contact the NLI to find how to access its microfilms.
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.
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Re: John WALSH and Rose SWEENEY
Charles Walsh 1/25/10
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Re: John WALSH and Rose SWEENEY
Ralph Connors 1/25/10
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Re: John WALSH and Rose SWEENEY