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Hello Jonathan:
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 county, 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 Ce(celia) Egan M 1881 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Mayo, I found 5 rcds: 3-1878, and 2-1879 (some may be civil duplicates of church rcds). None of these are in Bellmullet district.
For James Conroy M ditto, I found 13 rcds only 1 of which in 1878 is a POTENTIAL match for Cecelia's. The district is Bellmullet. Therefore, this is a NO match.
For Cecelia Egan B 1864 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Mayo, with the father's forename unknown, I found 1 rcd in 1860.
For James Conroy B 1862 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Mayo, with the father's forename unknown, I found 10 rcds: 1858, 1859, 1862, 1865, 5-1866.
You will need an exact DOB, parent(s) name(s), and/or placename(s) to pick which, if any, of the above is for these ancestor(s). Suggest you scour U.S. civil and church rcds for this info BEFORE you do serious research in this database.
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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