Hello! My relatives are conflicted as to the county of origin for my gr-grandmother, Bridget Donovan; it is either Waterford or Cork.
In Waterford, I found a lot of Bridget Donovans who were born in 1868 on the GRO, but since they do not mention the parents' names, I have no idea how to narrow them down. I may be able to locate some on Ancestry.com to rule them out, but I know I never found that many on there. Is there a way to find out the names of the parents without having to pay for approx. 12 birth record copies? :-(
I do not know for sure that my Bridget was born in Waterford. The sole reason I connected her with Waterford is because the only document I found with her parents' (Patrick Donovan & Mary Sullivan's) names on it was a Bridget born there in 1866. All other records from the U.S. indicate she was born in 1867-68 (except for an errant one that says 1861!).
The only other piece of info I have is that Bridget had a younger brother, Jimmy.
Any ideas for me? Thanks for your thoughts.
Tracey
