Due to the problems of SPAM, getting tons of unsolicited junk mail, i've had to resort to this.
I'm afraid I can't help much with general questions since there were thousands of Kirkpatrick's by the late 1800's... I only have specific information relating to my line of Kentucky Kirkpatricks. Any other information I may have on other Kirkpatricks is on my web page.
Perhaps, if you have information back to the early 1800's, you could link up with one of the coded lines of the Kirkpatrick Newsletter... or to share comments and questions I suggest joining the Kirkpatrick Listserv and/or the Kirkpatrick "genforum", information for both are on my web page. There is also a lot of census data and queries from my web page.
Sorry if I can't be of more help... I rarely spend time with genealogy lately, there's just so many, and I'm an amateur myself and only have limited time to reseach my branch in Kentucky. I try to share all I can through the web page.
If you have information to share or add to the page, or still would like to post some comments... please continue! I will try to respond as soon as I can, but don't worry if it's not right away!