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/551.919.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, Since you know where in Ireland Patrick Lane originated you can check at a LDS Family History Centre for microfilm copies of church registers for Askeaton for family info. If there are no microfilm copies there, you could contact the church directly for a lookup. I would recommend, however, waiting until the end of the current tourist season to do that. Irish churches get many walk-ins now requesting church register searches for ancestors. You might also check his church records in Mt. Holly for addl. info on his birth location. Often US churches required copies of baptismal certs from the Irish church or at least verification of church membership from Ireland. Depending on how well the US church maintained those records, there may be info there. Griffiths Valuation of Ireland included those who owned or rented land, not just land owners. Often people are entered more than once since they needed to rent land in different areas if it was poor quality for farming. Eilis O'Hara