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Here is my transcription of Broadford baptisms 1844-1884: https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls ... 1/mode/1up

Expect mistakes – I found it impossible to distinguish between Bourke and Rourke and between Hallinan and Halloran, for instance. The abbreviations for James and John (Jas and Jno) are easy to distinguish when they are in print, but not when they are in handwriting, and the abbreviation for Margaret (Marg.) is very like Mary. Always check the original.

A nice feature of these baptisms is that, very often, the townland for each sponsor is given, but (a word of caution here) where there is only one townland given, it’s not really clear whether this is for both sponsors, or for just one of them.

Sheila

The transcription, which was attached here, has been transferred to Donated Material: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... ecords.htm

And here is my transcription of Broadford marriages 1844-1883: https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls ... 1/mode/1up

Please let me know about mistakes so that I can fix them.

Sheila

The transcription, which was attached here, has been transferred to Donated Material: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... adford.htm

Thanks so much Sheila
The Clare diaspora is fortunate indeed to be able to reap the benefits of your great work.

With reference to the file sizes, the three baptism files add up to a space on disk of about 1008Kib, thereby exceeding the 1Mb allowance. Economy of size may be achieved by combining the three workbooks into a single workbook of three pages(or worksheets). This reduces the file size to 866Kib, comfortably inside the limit.