Looking for McIlvaine Ancestors Records Say Parish of Sisson any Idea's where it went or something Simular.

Hi - 

There would be very few records kept or surviving for that period of time in Ireland. However- there may be some information in church record collections. Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm and at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years. 

Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most 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. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.

If you haven't already - you may want to try:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/introduction-to-genealogy/

A site which allows you to BROWSE information/records available for county Donegal is: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/

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Thanks for your help, I'm in the USA. I found a library that I could read films if they could be sent at another date,I've tried PRONI,will look into the other info,My old family records say they were from the Parish of sisson have you or anyone else heard of an old or ruined parish by that name or any name that sounds like it.thanks for the help any info is helpful.I have the film # for a record for Daniels birth from Familysearch,the date is off by about 20 years, not sure of the cost of films in the USA,from Ireland.Robert I can not find any death records,or any records other than his birth in scotland our family record say Donegal Ireland the Parish of Sissonis where he died, I wonder if it is spelled wrong or is just gone almost 300 years ago is a long time ago.thanks again for your help.Janice