Re: MULHOLLAND/MADDEN Greenlough Parish Derry
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In reply to:
MULHOLLAND/MADDEN Greenlough Parish Derry
Maryanne Butler 7/24/06
Hi Maryanne:
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).
For Henry Madden M 1860 +/- 2 yrs, Co. Derry, I found 1 rcd in 1860.
For Mary Hegarty M 1860 +/- 2 yrs, Greenlough RC parish, I found 0 rcds.Strangely, I found a B rcd in 1860, Greenlough RC parish. This hints that the IFHF may have a transcription error.
For Ann Madden B 1853 (exact), Co. Derry, with a father forenamed Henry, I found 1 rcd in Greenlough RC parish.
For John Madden B 1851 ditto, I found ditto.
For Neil Madden B 1849 ditto, I found 2 rcds.
There are other potential siblings among which may be Henry, Daniel, and Rose.
For Henry Madden M 1848 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Derry, I found 1 rcd in 1848, Greenlough RC parish. A view of the M rcd should show the bride's complete name plus their parents' names.
For Henry Madden B 1824 +/- 4 yrs, Co. Derry, with the father's forename unknown, I found 0 rcds.
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.