Thanks Clare & Little House Yes I have tried rootsireland.ie. I tried it before it had the advanced search features it has now. So I have the following records that I bought trying to track down John Darcey & Katherine Hogan (Michael's parents). I had had some great success tracking down other ancestors in different parts of Ireland - so I was a bit over enthusiastic. So I have the following records if they are of any help to anyone. They are all marriages: John Darcy and Margaret Collins - 1939 - Newport John Darcy and Sarah Dunne - 1838 - Borrisokane John Darcy and Ellen Gaynor - 1840 - Terryglass John Darcy and Margaret Tierney - 1840 - Dunkerrin Cheers, Karen. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:29:54 -0000 From: "Clare Tuohy" <annclare@gofree.indigo.ie> Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] HOGAN and DARCEY Borrisokane To: <irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <8FB0BB2FC8D0465E94E5431BEF2D7837@DH9R5Z0J> Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type="original" Karen The Rootsireland.ie site for North Tipperary Centre - shows a baptismal record for a Michael Darcy in Borrisokane RC parish in 1847 Father's surname Darcy Mother's name Hogan but when I put in the parents personal names I did not get a match so it may not be the right Michael Darcy. You can search the index for free at Roots Ireland once you have registered but to view the record it costs EU 5.Clare Message: 3 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:07:27 +0000 (UTC) From: "Little.House.Antiques" <little.house.antiques@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] HOGAN and DARCEY Borrisokane To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1120355496.845607.1326726447202.JavaMail.root@sz0109a.westchester.pa.mail.c omcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Clare and Karen, It is possible to figure out the names of the parents of these records by trial and error; here's the record Clare is talking about: Parish: BORRISOKANE (RC) Church Baptism Darcy Michael 1847 Co. Tipperary Father: James Darcy Mother: Margaret Hogan There is another Michael Darcy born 1847 in same parish: Parish: BORRISOKANE (RC) Church Baptism Darcy Michael 1847 Co. Tipperary Father: John Darcy Mother: Sarah ???? (whatever surname is it is NOT HOGAN) Another born in 1847 as follows: Parish: BALLINA (RC) Church Baptism Darcy Michael 1847 Co. Tipperary Father: Patrick Darcy Mother: Margaret ???? (whatever surname is it is NOT HOGAN) And two more born in 1845 as follows: Parish: BALLINA (RC) Church Baptism Darcy Michael 1845 Co. Tipperary Father: Matthew Darcy Mother: Mary ???? (whatever surname is it is NOT HOGAN) Parish: CLOUGHJORDAN (RC) Church Baptism Darcy Michael 1845 Co. Tipperary Father: William Darcy Mother: Margaret ???? (whatever surname is it is NOT HOGAN) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Tuohy" <annclare@gofree.indigo.ie> To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 9:29:54 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] HOGAN and DARCEY Borrisokane Karen The Rootsireland.ie site for North Tipperary Centre - shows a baptismal record for a Michael Darcy in Borrisokane RC parish in 1847 Father's surname Darcy Mother's name Hogan but when I put in the parents personal names I did not get a match so it may not be the right Michael Darcy. You can search the index for free at Roots Ireland once you have registered but to view the record it costs EU 5.Clare