Register · 1630–1901

The Records

Every McCorkell record gathered for this study, from the muster rolls of 1630 to the eve of the 1901 census: baptisms, marriages, deaths, censuses, tax rolls and voyages, in one searchable list.

How to use this register

Type a name, townland, parish or ship. Spellings vary wildly, so search for part of a name: cork finds McCorkell, McCorkle, M'Corckle and the rest. Records after 1901 are left out so that no living person appears.

    Where the records come from

    1. Church registers: Burt Kirk Session Book (1676–1715), St Columb's Cathedral, Moville, Fahan and Derry Presbyterian registers, Crossroads (Newtowncunningham) and others, many seen at PRONI.
    2. Civil registration indexes for Ireland, 1845 onwards, and Scottish parish registers via the LDS indexes.
    3. Census returns: Co. Londonderry 1831; Scotland 1841–61; Canada 1851–81; United States 1850–1900; Massachusetts 1855; New York 1892.
    4. Muster rolls of 1630, Hearth Money Rolls of the 1660s, Griffith's Valuation, the Abercorn estate papers.
    5. Passenger lists and newspaper notices found by correspondents in Ireland, America and Australia.