John McCloud

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.

In the meantime it may be an idea to look at the parish records to see if you can find any more information. 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 heard of Griffith?s Valuation? This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-64. I did a quick search for McCloud?s in Shankill:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=48&Submit.y=17&Submit=Submit&familyname=mccloud&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=ANTRIM&unionname=&parishname=SHANKILL

As you can see, there was a Samuel recorded-this could be John?s father if he lived to be quite old, or could also possibly be another sibling? unfortunately, as the land record does not give any genealogical information there is no way to know either way.

Sorry not to be of more help, it may be an idea to contact the Ulster Historical Foundation to see if they can offer any further assistance. However a fee may apply. Here is their email: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Thank you for getting in touch with me.  Your message has been the first I have received in some time.  I do appreciate your help and will definitely look at the websites you suggested.  I am a novice when it comes to genealogy research.  And since I'm in America I have to do my research for this part of my ancestry on-line.  My grandfather ,who is in his eighties now, is a direct descendent of John McCloud.  We are trying to find out more information about John for him.  John had settled in West Virginia after reaching America and the family folklore stated in my posting has been passed down for generations.  We have been trying to find out what truth it may hold.  I had been looking at the U.S. National Archieves website and saw where a representative from Ireland Reaching Out had done a seminar there recently.  So I searched for more information about the organization and thought I would give it a shot.  I have found a list of passangers from the following website that has the names of John and his siblings traveling to America. http://www.ulsterancestry.com/newsletter-content.php?id=229  But I have found no further information.  So your help, however small you may feel it is, really means a lot to us.  Thank you again.  I hope that you will have a wonderful day!!

Thank you for getting in touch with me.  Your message has been the first I have received in some time.  I do appreciate your help and will definitely look at the websites you suggested.  I am a novice when it comes to genealogy research.  And since I'm in America I have to do my research for this part of my ancestry on-line.  My grandfather ,who is in his eighties now, is a direct descendent of John McCloud.  We are trying to find out more information about John for him.  John had settled in West Virginia after reaching America and the family folklore stated in my posting has been passed down for generations.  We have been trying to find out what truth it may hold.  I had been looking at the U.S. National Archieves website and saw where a representative from Ireland Reaching Out had done a seminar there recently.  So I searched for more information about the organization and thought I would give it a shot.  I have found a list of passangers from the following website that has the names of John and his siblings traveling to America. http://www.ulsterancestry.com/newsletter-content.php?id=229  But I have found no further information.  So your help, however small you may feel it is, really means a lot to us.  Thank you again.  I hope that you will have a wonderful day!!