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Find my past vs Ancestry vs Roostireland versions of the RC parish registers

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    #62
    Ninjakettle
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭Ninjakettle


    So i'm out of luck on Irish Genealogy as i want Galway (boyounagh) records and they don't seem to be there. 
    @Montgo - i'm having a look at Roots baptism search now..and i don't see a sponsor search field. Is there a trick to this.  In any case - the records i want aren't on roots either as of yet (confirmed via email) so only FMP/Ancestry are any use to me and then it's visual trawling of the images for sponsor names.


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    #63
    KildareFan
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    I've been comparing civil records on Irishgenealogy with the parish registers on NLI/FMP/Ancestry & I've discovered some discrepancies in the records.

    There are differences in the dates of ceremonies - some people have already commented on people being baptised before they were born [usually to do with covering up for late registration]; however, I've found a few marriages where the parish register has different dates & names and the priest only bothered to record the male witnesses.

    So it's always worth checking both sources.


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    #64
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,623 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    hblock21 wrote: »
    Really? How?

    When you search for a name in the church section, results show the most relevant ones first, i.e. a primary individual in the record, and then below that records were the name is a secondary like a witness or godparent or parent.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #65
    Ninjakettle
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭Ninjakettle


    This is probably old news to the pros here, but i noticed on Roots Ireland that you can put a zero in the surname field as a kind of master wildcard.  Then you can whittle your matches by Sponsor or witness or whatever you're after.  I also noticed that roots mark unreadable entries as ILLEGIBLE - so it's worth putting that word in the surname field too for completeness when searching.  

    I have an Ancestry and a Roots sub and i find that the transcriptions on Roots are much more accurate- but they have less records (or at least don't have the ones i'm looking for).  On Ancestry, Cunningham often becomes Currigan so if you're aware of the common mistakes i would advise testing a few variants in your search field (CUN* and CUR*) etc.


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