Re: JAMES KEATING
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In reply to:
JAMES KEATING
CAROL BALL 2/05/08
Hi Carol:
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).
Co. Kilkenny rcds are in this database. Co. Carlow and Laois rcds aren't. This affects the comprehensiveness of my search. You may have to wait until the database is more complete.
For Mary Keating B 1879 (exact) somewhere in Ireland with the father forenamed James, I found only 1 rcd for a Mary Elizabeth. This evidently isn't for your ancestor. Rcds by this date were generally good. I suspect her rcds are in the undigitized portions of Carlow and Laois.
For Euphemia Keating B/M ????, I found no rcds within a relevant range.
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.