Re: McAllister/Antrim ireland/Catherine, Mary, John, Ann, Bridgett, Eleanor
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McAllister/Antrim ireland/Catherine, Mary, John, Ann, Bridgett, Eleanor
michelle whitely 9/02/09
Hi Michelle:
Your lack of DOB, DOM, etc, makes research nearly impossible.
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 Cat(herine) McAllister B ????, Co. Antrim, I found 86 rcds - too many to summarize here.
For Mary McAllister B ditto, I found 223 rcds.
For John McAllister B ditto, I found 205 rcds.
For Ann McAllister B ditto, 106 rcds - 31 were forenamed James or John.
For Bri(dget) McAllister B ditto, 17 rcds - 4 were forenamed either James or John.
For Eleanor McAllister B ditto, 8 rcds: 1877, 1878, 1873, 1906, 1909, 2-1917, and 1918. Father's forenames were James, John, John, Andrew*, James, Alfred*, John, and William* respectively. The asterisked ones indicate father's forenames NOT in common with those for Bridget.
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.