Thanks Carol, yes this has been my thought for some time now, intrestingly the only record with that spelling that I have come across was in Brittainy but much later (1700's) my other thought was may be Ireland, her trade with Chester, Cheshire (Home of the OLLIER's as we know them) was significant in those days, I would agree that it is a question of phonetics for sure, a lot of the early Cheshire registers were filled in by lay clergy (farmers, yeomen etc & not Doctors of Law!) Many thanks for your suggestion. Best regards from Lawrence Researching OLLIER's at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ollier/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol J. Markillie" <markilli@inreach.com> To: "Lawrence Ollier" <lorenzo.9@talk21.com> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [HWE] ALLOHIERE > Hi Lawrence: > > It looks like someone was trying to spell it phonetically. It may be just a > one time thing with the local vicar or someone in the parish. > > Carol > >