Re: John Ryan and Mary Ann(Polly) Murtagh
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In reply to:
John Ryan and Mary Ann(Polly) Murtagh
Patrick Joseph Carlin 9/12/09
Hello Patrick:
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 - Microfilms of parish church rcds are kept by the National Library of Ireland (NLI).
For Wil(liam) Murtagh B 1886 (exact), Ballivor RC parish, Co. Meath, with a father forenamed John, I found 1 rcd.
For Mary ditto B 1884 ditto, I found 1 rcd.
For Pat ditto B 1882 ditto, ditto.
For Mic(hael) ditto B 1881, ditto.
For John Murtagh M 1880 +/- 1 yr, Co. Meath, I found 2 rcds: 1880 Collinstown and 1881 Kildalky RC parishes.
For Mary Russell M ditto, I found NO matching rcds. They may have married elsewhere, the rcds didn't survive, or haven't been transcribed.
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.