Lois at xmcdono@gwi.net writes: > White Mills is scituated on a river just north of Loughrea town. Can anyone tell me about Whitemills? Which RC parish would have Baptismal records for Whitemills? < Lois, Based on your information on White Mills, I would guess that this might be the small settlement (perhaps with a mill or two) at White Bridge, less than a mile north of Loughrea town, along the R 350 road to New Inn (and the unwelcome future superdump for Co. Galway). Discovery map 52 does show quite a concentration of buildings right along the small river there which passes through Loughrea town. This area would be within Loughrea RC parish. > What is Larch Hill? Is it a part of a townland? The Baptismal records that I found were in the Clostoken and Kilconieran RC parish. < Searching the area of that RC parish, the only possible location I've been able to connect to "Larch Hill" would be the small townland of Laughil. I'm not sure I could create a very convincing history for how the transformation occurred......could be really bad handwriting or really bad reading. But these are local records, so I'd guess that the priest was fully familiar with the area - which makes it difficult to make a connection between Larch Hill and Laughil. Sorry, but that's all I've got. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts