laois offaly family history research centre

Services The Centre offers a Full Service. All initial enquiries are answered promptly while research usually takes from four to six weeks. Church records in the Laois & Offaly area have various starting dates: The earliest Roman Catholic parish records at this centre start at 1763 and the latest start in 1862 The earliest Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) records date from 1699 and the latest from 1876. Methodist records commence in1830 In addition to the usual primary source material the Laois & Offaly Family History Research Centre have indexed: The Birr Workhouse register Births, marriages and deaths recorded in the 'King's County Chronicle' newspaper (1845 - 1865) and the 'Leinster Express' (1831 - 1851) Entries in trade directories for the period 1788 to 1908 The Geashill Estate rental (1883). About 750,000 genealogical records have now been computerised at this centre.