Offerlane parish is quite large as it is an area that is not really amenable to agriculture. It is located along the bulge in the middle of the western edge of the county and is mostly what are called the "Slieve Bloom Mountains" (although by North American or Swiss standards they seem more like hills to me!). Ballyfin is just at the base of the mountains, on the east side. If your family was Protestant, the parish registers go back to just before 1800 and are accessible in Dublin. Sharon Haggerty Bowen Island, BC http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sharonmh > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Seamus Moore > Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LAOIS] Chadwick Family - Parish Aferlin > > Hi Jan, > > There is a parish in Laois/Queens called Offerlane. I wonder is this the > same place. If you Google that name you will get genealogical references > that might help. There are some for Chadwick. > > Seamus, > > Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. > [email protected]

They are the Slieve Bloom MOUNTAINS It is not North America so we would not have the same scale. BIG. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Haggerty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [LAOIS] - Parish Aferlin > Offerlane parish is quite large as it is an area that is not really > amenable > to agriculture. It is located along the bulge in the middle of the western > edge of the county and is mostly what are called the "Slieve Bloom > Mountains" (although by North American or Swiss standards they seem more > like hills to me!). Ballyfin is just at the base of the mountains, on the > east side. If your family was Protestant, the parish registers go back to > just before 1800 and are accessible in Dublin. > > Sharon Haggerty > Bowen Island, BC > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sharonmh > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Seamus Moore >> Sent: Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LAOIS] Chadwick Family - Parish Aferlin >> >> Hi Jan, >> >> There is a parish in Laois/Queens called Offerlane. I wonder is this the >> same place. If you Google that name you will get genealogical references >> that might help. There are some for Chadwick. >> >> Seamus, >> >> Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. >> [email protected] > > ========IRL-LAOIS Mailing List======== > Leix/Laois websites: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Leix/ > http://www.igp-web.com/laois/index.htm > Add your Leix/Laois surname to the Surname Registry. > ------------------------------- > 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 > >