The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) is hosting its 19th Annual Family History Conference in Ottawa, September 20-22, 2013. The focus will be on Ireland.
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John Alexander Moran (1934-2013)
by M.C. Moran •
John Alexander Moran, 6 September 1934 – 14 March 2013. My wonderful father: They broke the mold. Obituary here and here.
Census Records, Death and Burial
Cause of Death for James Hourigan?
by M.C. Moran •
A couple of family connections have told me that James Hourigan, son of Thomas Hourigan and Julia Moran, died in the Great Fire of 1870. Their source of information was apparently Alec Lunney’s “My Maternal Ancestors,” which I posted here.1…
Census Records
1842 Upper Canada Census Online
by M.C. Moran •
Via John Reid’s Anglo-Celtic Connections, the 1842 Upper Canada Census (or some [most?] of what survives, at any rate) is now online (and free of charge!) at FamilySearch.org. Not that I’m complaining, because online access (and free of charge, at…
Census Records, Civil Registration, Death and Burial
Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan: Three Records of Death/Burial
by M.C. Moran •
I have not yet found an RC burial record for Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan, who was born about 1807 in Co. Cavan (probably parish of Kilmore), Ireland, and who emigrated to Canada about 1843. I have checked a number of Roman Catholic…
Catholic Records, Translation
Strange Surname Spellings: Hohanlan for O’Hanlon
by M.C. Moran •
As I’ve mentioned before (e.g., in Spelling Doesn’t Count! [in Genealogy]), it’s extremely unlikely that an ancestor had a strong attachment to a certain spelling of his surname, if that ancestor never had occasion to personally spell his own name. If…