Searching for Clark/McGinnis families

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

ALso, you could try looking in church records in Clonfeacle. Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Clonfeacle parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Tyrone&parish=Clonfeacle&churchid=199

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

Have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there were any  Clarks/McGinnis? still in the area at the time? http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

You could also try contacting the Irish World Heritage Centre in Tyrone for assistance, however a fee may aplly. Here is their email address: info@irish-world.com

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support