  We address the presently exciting issue of the presence of stellar clusters
in the periphery of the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and beyond by making use of a
wealth of wide-field high-quality images released in advance from the
Magellanic Stellar Hystory (SMASH) survey. We conducted a sound search for new
stellar cluster candidates from suitable kernel density estimators running for
appropriate ranges of radii and stellar densities. In addition, we used a
functional relationship to account for the completeness of the SMASH field
sample analyzed that takes into account not only the number of fields used but
also their particular spatial distribution; the present sample statistically
represents ~ 50$% of the whole SMASH survey. The relative small number of new
stellar cluster candidates identified, most of them distributed in the outer
regions of the Magellanic Clouds, might suggest that the lack of detection of a
larger number of new cluster candidates beyond the main bodies of the
Magellanic Clouds could likely be the outcome once the survey be completed.
