Re: HELP! The Disappearing O'Connor
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HELP! The Disappearing O'Connor
Kyle OConnor 4/30/09
Hello Kyle:
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 Jeremiah O'Connor B 1903 +/- 4 yrs in Co. Cork with a father forenamed Charles, I found 0 rcds. Note 2 may apply here.
B/M/D registration was civil after 1863. Those civil rcds which survived the 1922 Four Courts fire are kept by the General Register Office. Google http://www.groireland.iehttp://www.groireland.ie to apply for its rcds.
In the U.S. you can search the Social Security Death Index (Google SSDI). This search should give you his last known address prior to his death.
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.