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Tyrone

David Park born ca 1762 married Jane Gibson. Their son William Park was born 8 Feb. 1808 in Strabane, County Tyrone. William Park left in 1831 on The Cupid for Pennsylania, USA. He married Rebecca Cocke in 1838 in Memphis, Tennessee. 

Rebecca Cocke was born 1822 in Virginia (VA) and died 1884 in Tennessee(TN). Her parent's were Bowler F. Cocke born ca 1795 and died in 1825 in Virginia. His wife was Mary Bailey Fox born 1799 VA and died 1847 in TN.

David Park had an older brother John Park b: 1759 who married Letitia Hamilton. I do not know who their parent's were.

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Hi,

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

In the meantime,have you tried looking at church records for more info? 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 Strabane/Clonleigh parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Tyrone&parish=Clonleigh&churchid=352

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.

You could also try searching on www.familysearch.org

Here are a list of Park?s that were recorded in Tyrone in Griffiths Valuation. (This is a land record dating from 1848-64)

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&familyname=park&firstname=&offset=0&countyname=TYRONE&parishname=&parishname&unionname=&baronyname=&totalrows=31&PlaceID=0&wildcard=

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/tyrone/index.html

Co. Tyrone: http://www.cotyroneireland.com/

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

 

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