Re: William J. Kelleher/ Hartford, Ct.
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In reply to:
William J. Kelleher/ Hartford, Ct.
nancy glynn 10/03/06
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).
For William Kelleher B 1887 +/- 1 yr somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 6 rcds: 1886 Cork, 1886 Roscommon, 1887 Cork, and 3-1887 Cork.
For Theresa/Teresa Kelleher B ???? ditto, I found 2 rcds: 1897 Roscommon, and 1897 Leitrim. These dates appear to be too late for your timeline.
Rcd keeping was good by this date. It may be that rcds for your ancestors haven't been transcribed into the database yet. South and west cork and Co. Kerry have lots of Kellehers.
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.