Re: Timothy Cotter & Catherine O'Callaghan Circa 1820s Cork, Ireland
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In reply to:
Timothy Cotter & Catherine O'Callaghan Circa 1820s Cork, Ireland
Jon Hildreth 3/24/05
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 Rob(ert) Cotter B 1848 (exact) in Co. Cork with a father named Timothy, I found 0 B rcds. The only Robt. born this date in Cork had a father named Robt. as well.
For Rob(ert) Cotter M 1863 +/- 1 yr in Co. Cork, I found 0 M rcds.
For Mary O'Keefe M ditto, I found 41 M rcds.
For Timothy Cotter M 1820 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Cork, I found 1 M rcd in 1823.
For Cath(erine) O'Callaghan M ditto, I found 38 M rcds with 1 in 1823 (exact). However, this was in Macroom parish while Timothy's parish wasn't. NO MATCH.
These results are squirrely. They hint that the B & M events took place in the parts of Cork which haven't been digitized.
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.