Re: Donovan m. O'Sullivan
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In reply to:
Donovan m. O'Sullivan
Kelly O'Hanrahan 8/16/08
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 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 TipperI 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 John Donovan B 1863 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 43 rcds: 4-1861 CRK, 1861 TIP, 1861 KID, 1862 DUB, 4-1862 TIP, 1863 TIP, 4-1863 CRK, 1863 LIM, 1863 LOU, 1864 TIP, 1864 DWN, 4-1864 CRK, 2-1864 LIM, 2-1865 GAL, 3-1865 TIP, 7-1865 CRK, & 1865 LIM.
For Julia Sullivan B 1868 (exact) ditto, I found 4 rcds: 3-CRK, 1-TIP.
For Mary Donovan B 1890 +/- 2 yrs somewhere in Ireland with a father forenamed John, I found 4 B rcds: CRK, TIP, LIM, and LNG.
For Julia Sullivan M 1889 +/- 1 yr ditto, I found 13 rcds: 2-1888 KIL, 2-1888 CRK, 3-1888 LIM, 2-1889 LIM, & 4-1890 CRK.
For John Donovan M ditto, I found 9 rcds: 1888 DUB, 1888 CRK, 1889 WM, 1889 CRK, 1889 TIP, 1890 TIP & 2-1890 LIM.
I don't see any potential matches for a Julia and John marriage. It may be that my search range is incorrect, or that they were born and married in an undigitized parish. Suggest you wait until the database is more complete.
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.