Land Records – Ottawa Valley Irish

“Some of the lands being misnamed, others not named”

Posted on 7 April 2015by M.C. Moran

One of the challenges of Irish genealogy is that of identifying and locating townlands, the names and spellings of which…

Posted on 14 June 2014by M.C. Moran

The following petition is found amongst the Upper Canada Land Petitions, though it concerns a property in Lower Canada (on…

Posted on 1 June 2014by M.C. Moran

John Lahey the Elder was the eldest of six known Lahey siblings who emigrated from Ballymacegan, Lorrha, Co. Tipperary to…

Posted on 1 November 2013by M.C. Moran

LAC’s Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) database is an index to the petitions, with the actual (that is to say,…

Posted on 27 March 2013by M.C. Moran

Now online at PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland), a searchable placename index to the Valuation Revision Books, covering…

Posted on 14 April 2012by M.C. Moran

In addition to Library and Archives Canada’s Lower Canada Land Petitions (1764-1841), archive.org has the List of lands granted by…

Posted on 26 March 2012by M.C. Moran

Peter Finnerty was born about 1810 in Co. Kerry, Ireland, the son of John Finnerty and Catherine Dunleavy. He emigrated…

Posted on 23 March 2012by M.C. Moran

Peter Robinson settlers in Huntley township, Carleton County, Ontario [Upper Canada], 1834. The names below can be found on the…