National Library of Ireland releases RC parish registers

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4. These records were free to view on ancestry.com

Over the President's Day weekend. It was far more extensive than this time period however!!

Ireland, Select Catholic Birth and Baptism Registers, 1763-1912

Did anyone find anything?

I sure did! In fact, I hit the goldmine I would say!

Years ago my mother told me that my father wanted to name me "Nancy" of all things. There are no Nancys in the family or so I thought.

I found my grgrgrandfather living in Cashel, Tipperary (as I had been told this is where he was from). Seems his mother was named "Nancy". His wife was said to be from the Parish of Urlingford in Co. Kilkenny. I found her too along with a few of her siblings. Seems my grgrgrandfather had none -- well none that survived the Great Famine.

Makes me glad to have found this tidbit and also kind of sad too. I wonder why my late father never mentioned that he knew a lot more than he pretended to know.

I found another grgrgrgrandfather that came to New York on a Famine ship as well. His baptismal record was on found in this same batch of baptismal records and I was able to clarify that it was indeed him via this record.

Found lots of other christening records as well. This is indeed a valuable resource and I take it that a paid ancestry.com world membership will give you constant access to these records.

Good luck searchers! It never ends does it?