Re: James Lally (Hatter) b Co Mayo IRE abt 1796 > ENG
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James Lally (Hatter) b Co Mayo IRE abt 1796 > ENG
Lynne Simpson 2/04/08
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 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 James Lally B 1796 in Co. Mayo with the father's forename unknown, the earliest rcd I found was for 1838 - too late for your timeline.
Note - LOTS of Irish immigrated to England during the Famine (1845-1850), more even than the number who left for America.
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.