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Early Baptisms, St. Francis de Sales, Smiths Falls: Part I

Catholic Records19 March 2012by M.C. Moran

Early Baptisms (May 1848-Dec 1849), St. Francis de Sales, Smiths Falls, Montague township, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada This is my own transcription, some of the names were hard to make out. I have resisted the urge to “correct” the spellings….

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“the Catholic cemetery at Burgess” = St. Bridget’s, Stanleyville? (burial of Thomas Dunn)

Catholic Records, Queries29 February 2012by M.C. Moran

So much of the detail of genealogical information requires a knowledge of local history/local geography, which I, for one, do now always have. Thomas Dunn (c.1824 – 1886) was the son of Owen Dunn and Ann Rock/Rocke, and a brother…

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Who was Thomas Lanctot?

Catholic Records, Census, Home Children, Queries16 February 2012by M.C. Moran

Also: Margaret Devine and Thomas William Sullivan, Home Children Thomas Lanctot [here spelled Langtoe] is found in the household of Thomas Burke and Mary Ann Lahey in the 1901 Canadian census (Ontario, Carleton, March, p. 2, family no. 15). He…

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What was her ‘real’ name? (Lillian Doyle)

Catholic Records, Civil Records, Names28 January 2012by M.C. Moran

Nowadays we tend to think of someone as having a ‘real’ name, with nicknames and diminutives as informal variations on that one official and authentic version of the name. A person’s ‘real’ name is what appears on the birth certificate,…

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FamilySearch’s Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923

Catholic Records24 January 2012by M.C. Moran

FamilySearch’s new online database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923.

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John McGlade and Bridget Dunne: same parish of origin?

Catholic Records, Queries23 January 2012by M.C. Moran

I’ve long since known that my 2x-great-grandparents John McGlade and Bridget Dunn/Dunne came from the same Irish county (Armagh). I’ve sometimes wondered whether they also came from the same parish too? According to their marriage record (now available online and…

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