Re: Joseph J & Alice Dunbar Gilligan - Rochester, NY
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Joseph J & Alice Dunbar Gilligan - Rochester, NY
Tom Wagner 2/26/09
Hello Tom:
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 county, 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 Gilligan B 1822 +/- 4 yrs somewhere in Ireland with the father's forename unknown, I found 9 rcds: 1819 Dublin, 1820 Limerick, 1820 Dublin, 1822 Dublin, 1822 Galway, 1823 Sligo, 1824 Westmeath, 1824 Dublin, and 1824 Meath.
For Mary Madden B 1824 ditto, I found 62 rcds - too many to summarize here.
Do you know if Joseph's parents married in Ireland? If so, it is easier and more conclusive to search for a marriage than an isolated birth.
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.
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Re: Joseph J & Alice Dunbar Gilligan - Rochester, NY
Tom Wagner 5/05/09