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John H. Ryan

Tipperary

Hello, I am new to this county.

I am attempting to find John H. Ryan (also sister Catherine) whose parents are Michael and Catherine. He was born Ireland ca 1841 (she ca 1851). They both settled in a town in Rhode Island where there are literally hundreds of Ryans. Those Ryans are all from Tipperary, so I assumed mine would be too. Yet when I do a search in Ireland for a John and Catherine with parents Michael and Catherine, I come up empty. Those are the only two siblings I have found, although I suspect there may be more, given how many Ryans there are in this town. If I could find the family in Ireland, I could trace the siblings back. I would welcome any ideas or suggestions from you experts.

Thank you in advance. Stay safe.

Barbara in Connecticut :-)

hkftbl@aol.com

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Barbara:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Can I ask what data bases you are searching?  I looked on Roots Ireland and I see John Ryan baptismal records in Tipperary with parents Michael and Catherine and also Catherine Ryan baptismal records with parents Michael and Catherine. I did not do a matchup of the records to see if there were two with the same mothers names yet. Roots Ireland also does not have records for a number of parishes in the Diocese of Cashel and Emly and for those records you have to use another subscription site e.g. FindMyPast or Ancestry.

Let me know.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I did use Roots Ireland to find the individual matches and then I continued to try a match up between the two siblings, and that's where I came up empty.  Would you recommend that I use FindMyPast now?

Thanks in advance for any help.

:-)

hkftbl@aol.com

Barbara:

Yes, either FMP orAncestry in order to cover the parishes missing from Roots Ireland. They are primarily in the south of Tipperary.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Barbara:

I forgot to add that your searches will also pick up the same records that you found on Roots Ireland. The FMP/Ancestry records were built from digitizing the records from the NLI parish registers.

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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