Scanned originals of Parish records through (registers.nli.ie) have been available to scroll through for Ireland. And we have found more in the past 2 or 3 days than we have in years it feels like.
It can be quite taxing on the eyes though. Some priests had rather terrible handwriting and others the most beautiful!
We always had an inkling that there was another Nicholas and we finally found him! We also found confirmation of Philips mothers maiden name, so as listed below we have the Cotter clan as we know it so far (as at Feb, 2017):
Nicholas Cotter
m.
Margaret Crowley (b.1792 - d.14-May-1874)
Children
Patrick Cotter (b.20-Sept-1828) Drogheda
Philip Cotter (b. Approx 1833 d.29-May-1914) Hamilton, NSW
Nicholas Cotter (b.5-April-1835 Wexford
Margaret Cotter (b.25-June-1837) Wexford
Laurance Cotter (b.9-Sept-1839) Wexford
Annie Cotter (b.TBC m.12-July-1868 William Wilson Wales d. 6-Aug-1913) Randwick, NSW
The fangirl side of me loves the fact that I have an ancestor with the name 'Crowley', the King of Hell needs a right hand girl after all?
(Margaret Cotter baptism entry 1837, right hand page, 2nd entry from the top)
