Re: The Mystery of Thomas Mahon, Ireland - NY - RI
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In reply to:
The Mystery of Thomas Mahon, Ireland - NY - RI
Susan Clement 2/27/07
Hi Susan:
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 - The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has microfilms of parish church rcds.
For Thomas Mahon (+variants) B 1857 +/- 2 yrs, somewhere in Ireland, with a father forenamed James, I found 6 rcds: 1855 Louth, 1856 Longford, 1856 Dublin, 1856 Tyrone, 1857 Tyrone, and 1859 Galway. A view of the detailed rcd SHOULD show the parents' names. Since you have both names, you MAY be able to pick which, if any, is for this ancestor.
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.