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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).
Searching Irish rcds is tough. Your biggest problem will be in identifying those who emigrated. Your best, and perhaps only, bet is to trace your family back to the 1850 U.S. census. This was the 1st U.S. census to list the names and age of the children. Hopefully, this census will show that the parents birthplace was Ireland. It should also state their ages (ages are tricky because some people either didn't know when they were born, or LIED!). Another source are emigration and naturalization papers (google NARA).
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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