Hi Hilary, Happy New Year to You, Too. What surnames are you researching? The most common surnames at St. Mary's in Athlone in Westmeath in 1854 were KELLY (15), BRENNAN (7), CURLEY (7), FALLON (7), NORTON (7), REILLY (7), WALSH (7), ENGLISH (6), FLYNN (6), HUGHES (6). Then there is St. Peter's in Co. Roscommon, many others in the Athlone RD. The Athlone Registration District appears to cover not only Athlone town but many townlands around it, in both Cos. Westmeath and Roscommon, the majority in Westmeath. I believe it is one large registration district rather than two, but you would have to read more on it. Since you found a particular marriage, your local LDS FHC could give you more specifics as to townland, I believe. What other references are there concerning that marriage? Do you have any family history stories to suggest the family came from either Co. Westmeath or Co. Roscommon? If you go to the Leitrim-Roscommon website, find the (all Ireland) IreAtlas Townland Search Engine, type Athlone in the field for Poor Law Union, you will get a list of townlands and details on the county, civil parish, etc. What you probably need to do is to gather as much information on the family from relatives, see if you can come up with a particular location in one of those counties or Ireland. Unless they have unusual names, it is like looking for a needle in the haystack. What time period does your research pertain to? Do you know if they were Protestant or Catholic? Poor or well off? Might be listed in a commercial directory. John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" has reader-friendly explanation of records and a chapter on each Irish county. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary Knopp" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:08 AM Subject: [IGW] Is Athlone RD in Westmeath or Roscommon? > Hi Listers > > Can anyone help with this query. I have found a marriage listed in the > LDS > Irish Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths as taking place in Athlone > Registration District. However I understand from another website that > there > are TWO Athlone Registration Districts, one in Co Westmeath the other in > Co > Roscommon! How do I work out which one I want? > > Happy New Year > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: > 12/26/2006 12:23 PM > >