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From: "Mary Finley" <>
Subject: Re: Protestant Irish
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:26:33 -0500
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I am only familiar with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, but Boston should
be very much the same. Parishes have established boundaries. I think the
best place to start is with the next generation born in Boston if you have
that information. You should be able to discover childrens names and ages
and where they lived from census returns. Armed with those details you can
find the parish where the children were baptized. Chances are good that the
parent who converted would have done so either close to marriage or around
the birth of the first child. That entry would be in the Baptismal records
book. If one parent was still other than Catholic, there should be a
notation regarding that.
Happy hunting and Happy New Year!
Mary McCanney Finley
----- Original Message -----
From: "William H. O'Hara, III" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: Protestant Irish


> How does one look up anything regarding an Irish
> Ancestor that was Protestant? I'm heading to
> the Archdiocese in Boston to see If I can find
> more. Apparently, they were protestant but
> became catholic in Boston. I only have that
> they hailed from Sligo County. Is there a
> good possibility that this is incorrect? This
> is based on the declaration on the naturalization
> papers.
>
> Thanks
> Bill
>
>


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