How do I learn more about a person on 1796 Flax list or Cumberland Upper? .

The place where Charles Carlton lived was called Cumber Upper (not Cumberland). Cumber Upper is a parish in Co. Derry/Londonderry.

The flax list doesn’t really give you much information. Just that the person was an adult, had at least an acre of land and grew flax (or intended to grow flax). Flax is the plant that linen was made from and was a key source of income for many labourers and small farmers in Ulster.

There were no Carlton households in the parish in the 1831 census. (It wasn’t a common name in that county with only 5 households in 1831).

None of the main denominations in Cumber Upper has any church records for the late 1700s and so it won’t be possible to learn anything about the family from church records.

Possibly DNA testing may be a way of matching with others who have additional information about where the family originate. Family Tree DNA reportedly has more people with Ulster roots than any other company. That obviously increases the chances of finding a match. You might want to try them or, if you have already tested, you can transfer your results to them for no fee.

The North of Ireland Family History Society is running an Ulster DNA project in conjunction with FTDNA and can offer testing kits at a reduced price.

http://www.nifhs.org (Go to DNA project on the website).

Thanks. Cumberland was a spell check correction my phone made. I should have proofed before posting.