“Now comes Thos. L. Ryan…”
Where did Michael James McGlade Reside? Sometimes you can’t find a person, no matter how carefully and thoroughly you look….
Death and Burial
Obituary for Thomas and Alexander Moran
While it may seem a glaringly obvious point, it’s a point worth keeping in mind when you discover an ancestor’s…
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17 Years of Cheers, and No Green Beers
Meant to post this on the 6 September (my Dad’s birthday), but got busy and distracted…. My dad spent the…
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Cause of Death: Pulmonary tuberculosis
I’ve written about tuberculosis before. See, for example, Tuberculosis in Ontario; and also see a list of those who Died…
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The hazards of early settler life
As I’ve mentioned before, 19th-century Roman Catholic burial records did not generally record a cause of death for the deceased,…
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Burial of Four Irish Orphans
From the register of Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, the burial of four Irish orphans on 2 August 1847.1 Apparently all…
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Death of George Vallely
Sometimes the records just don’t add up. Oh, I don’t mean numerically or arithmetically: genealogical research is not double-entry bookkeeping,…
