This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lane Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACI/551.919.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, Many Irish emigrants went to the US thru Canada and upper Vermont and settled in some of the first areas where they could find employment. Patrick's church and civil records as well as those of his children might include where specifically he originated in Ireland. If you can find Patrick's parents names, his father may be included in Griffiths Valuation which may help narrow your search in Ireland. The Lane surname was found in Griffiths Valuation, which was a tax list of those who rented or owned property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864 in the following locations: Antrim 1 Armagh 1 Belfast City 2 Cavan 1 Clare 8 Cork 266 Cork City 44 Derry 24 Down 1 Dublin 7 Dublin City 3 Fermanagh 5 Galway 33 Kerry 42 Kildare 4 Kilkenny 6 Laois 11 Limerick 43 Limerick City 8 Longford 7 Louth 5 Mayo 1 Meath 5 Monaghan 2 Offaly 2 Roscommon 16 Sligo 1 Tipperary 19 Tyrone 1 Waterford 22 Wexford 13 Wicklow 3 Eilis O'Hara