Naming Practices – Ottawa Valley Irish

French Canadian “dit” names

Posted on 26 July 2014by M.C. Moran

Here is ancestry.ca’s record listing for the baptism of Marie Cleophie [Cléophée] Cheval, daughter of Joseph Cheval and Marie Louise…

Posted on 18 May 2014by M.C. Moran

I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for the longest time, ever since a reader asked me, ‘Can you…

Posted on 2 January 2013by M.C. Moran

So the reason I’m blue in the face is not apnoea or an impending heart attack, it’s from telling people…

Posted on 28 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…

Posted on 7 April 2011by M.C. Moran

One of the things I love about TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) is its powerful search capacity. Once…

Posted on 20 November 2010by M.C. Moran

RC Burial Record and Ontario Civil Registration If you’re looking for Catholic ancestors, the parish register, if available, will be…

Posted on 23 April 2010by M.C. Moran

It was virtually universal in every class and creed in Ireland for the firstborn son to be given the Christian…

Posted on 9 April 2010by M.C. Moran

In my family tree, I’ve noticed the name Loreto/Loretto as a girl’s middle name from about 1860. It seems to…