I am researching my McEvoy and Purcell lines. I am looking for more information about my GG-GM Mary Purcell, born abt 1883 in Ireland. She had a sister Honora, born abt 1826 in Ireland, married to Patrick Mathews, b 1827. Mary's children were Ellen b 1857, NY and John b. 1859, Somerset, NY. Honora's children were James Purcell Mathews b 1856, NY and Thomas b 1866, NY. They lived in the Somerset, Niagara Co area of NY. I know that my McEvoy line was from Tipperary (Bourney Parish) but do not know for sure that the Purcell's were from Tipperary. Unfortunately the parish marriage records for Mary Purcell and Martin McAvoy in Niagara Co did not include any information about Mary's parents. Neither did her death records.
I had an idea that if I searched the IFHF records for sisters Mary & Honora (searching for matching parent names) I might find something. While I did find two sisters born to Edmund Purcell and Catherine Shanahan, their birth dates were reversed (this Mary is 1827 and Honora is 1832).
So while these records did not help me, I wanted to share them with this group and any fellow Purcell researchers. I hope this is of help to someone.