Canadian Military Records at Ancestry
Ancestry.ca is offering free access to its Canadian Military Records until November 12.
Continue reading →M.C. Moran
“she & her infant family are left totally destitute”: the Widow Hourigan petitions the Crown (part I)
LAC’s Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) database is an index to the petitions, with the actual (that is to say, the digitized microforms of the actual) petitions found elsewhere at the LAC site. Somewhat annoyingly, there is no direct link…
Continue reading →First Man Born in the Township [of March]? (Patrick Killeen/Killean)
As noted in an earlier entry (“Where Was Patrick Killeen Born?”), different sources give a different birthplace for Patrick Killeen (1820-1890), son of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahearn. While his Ontario civil death registration lists his birthplace as Ireland, several other…
Continue reading →1921 Census of Canada now indexed (at Ancestry.ca)
Great news for census geeks and other researchers: the 1921 Census of Canada has been indexed by Ancestry, and is now searchable by name (and by several other fields, including birth year and location). I just found out a couple…
Continue reading →Michael E. Vance, Imperial Immigrants
The best thing I’ve read about the Ottawa Valley in a long time is Michael E. Vance’s Imperial Immigrants: Scottish Settlers in the Upper Ottawa Valley, 1815-1840. Highly recommend.
Continue reading →Indexing of 1921 Census of Canada
Ancestry.ca is currently reporting “11 days til’ 1921!” I take it this means 11 days until the 1921 Census is indexed and searchable by name.
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