Useful Links
This is a list of Useful Links when exploring family history in Donegal/Londonderry
The best site updated often vast amount of free data available
Although a fee paying site the free pages offer many good resources pertaining to both Donegal and Londonderry
Site run by the Mormons largest collection of free genealogy material available, mostly civil registration data from 19th Century
An excellent local site for the Moville region of Donegal
Donegal Ancestry and Derry Ancestry
2 pay sites with many church records, indexes free to search but more detailed records must be purchased
Public Records Office Of Northern Ireland, some useful searchable databases
History of the 1718 migration from Ulster to America
http://www.hamiltonmontgomery1606.com/
Plantation Information
Official site of the McCorkell Shipping Line
Limited preview of this most important book can be found above, The book written by Louis McCorkle in the 1980's traces the family origins both in America and its roots in Scotland. It is almost impossible to find the original book, it is the only book as far as I am aware which deals pacifically with the name.
Other McCorkell Links
Very few websites exist pacifically catering for the McCorkell name, there is however one excellent site written from an American perspective
McCorkle Family Roots which traces the roots of the name in America.
http://mccorkell.bobaddleman.com/index.html
website of George R McCorkell with detailed history section of name origins in America.
Descendants of John McCorkell born North Carolina 1734
Another excellent site discussing the descendants of the first Scotch-Irish settlers in America.
Not really a genealogy site but she is my niece and we're very proud of her (Current British Ladies Figure Skating Champion)