help needed please from a local

[audrey]

Hi
could some nice person give me some information on Clonfeacle and Kilnacart I am going to be in Ballenderry for a week in June and would like to visit the place mentioned is it far away how big is it is there any local churches where would a person born Clonfeacle in 1840s be christened  where will the church records for that period be William McKnight b 1842 was not a catholic info on the 1861 census in Cumberland where he is a lodger states his place of birth in Clonfeacle any help from anyone I would be most grateful for this new info has knocked my research for six
thanks
audrey

[siobhain]

Hi audrey

I thought i would drop you a line as you seem to be having as many dead ends as me in all the same places! (Tyrone, Clonfeacle,Belfast) They are certainly a circumspect lot arent they, maybe not surprising given the turbulent history! Maybe we can put our heads together and get some inspiration.

I will be in Ireland next may and hope to have prepared enough leads to make it a worthwhile trip by then, and dont mind keeping your name interests in mind as I am skulking among the headstones!

I do have some street indexes,records etc but you might have them already as found them online.

good luck

siobhain

[wooger]

Hi Audrey,

You want to  some information on Clonfeacle and Kilnacart . I am a local and should be able to assist you .

Please reply with details and I will try and help

Regards

will

[audrey]

Hi Will
as you can see my post is going back to June and I have now been to Ireland sad to say the weather was terrible and I did not get to Tyrone spent my week in Ballinderry where I turns up no knew info
William Mcknight b abt 1842-44 Clonfeacle
this info came from 1861 census for Cumberland England where William was living as a lodger  with a Margaret Brown and her son David a cattle dealer also born Clonfeacle
William married 1869 to Ann Kneen in Cumberland  his marriage cert gave his father as David Mcknight  a farmer Deceased I found a David Mcknight  listed as living in Kilnacart Clonfeacle in 1841 a farmer which I hoped to follow through no farther info for the Mcknight family has been found .No birth for William  with father David ,and no B.M.or death for David before 1869

audrey

[Christopher]

Hiya Audrey,

You probably know Civil Registration of Births and Deaths did not commence in Ireland until January 1st 1864. From that date on all BMDs were compulsory. In the first years 20% of the births were not registered.
That was a quaint Irish custom still practised occasionally today... avoid authority whenever possible.
Non Catholoic marriages had been recorded from January 1st 1845 and all marriages from 1864.

Best Wishes, Chris

[audrey]

Christopher
your discription of my Irish ancesters is spot on

That was a quaint Irish custom still practised occasionally today... avoid authority whenever possible.
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thanks

audrey