can someone tell me please . i got told my family came from tydavnet monaghan ireland. so they where all born well before the registration started for birth marriage death.so would any information on these be in a church records and can you go to the church and look at them or are they somewhere else . i take it they would all be  protestants. but i could be wrong. as all my family are all protestants. so do you know what churches are in that area please any help would be good. i came to clones about 5 years ago but got told they dont have anything on my family. all i knew then was the brown family where from monaghan and all there kids as well. and would ireland know when my family moved to the usa as well. as the father died there in 1823. i also got told i have family still alive in ireland. jack told me this but he did not get the chance to tell me as he died god rest his sole great man he was