> > > from Offaly and was born in 1891. > Here is a website all should bookmark if you have ancestors who were RC and from Ireland: http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/ You will find a map, click on the county, and then you will see a county map divided into RC parishes. Now if you don't know the RC parish, then this site won't work, so then you need to do work to find where your ancestor came from within the county. Since yours was born in 1891, after civil registration of births, I suggest you check for the birth record. There is an index, by year filmed by LDS that you can view at your nearest Family History Center. Once you find the birth, you will get volume and page name and will then have to order another film to see the birth record which will give place of birth and parents names. If you can't get to a Family Research Center, you can order directly from Dublin at Ireland's Registry Office: http://www.groireland.ie/ Or, you can hire a company or a person living in Ireland to go to the GRO for you whick is faster. If you would like a name of a person living in Dublin who will do this for a fee, email me off list. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton