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Local History, Oral History, Photographs

Carleton Tavern history

Posted on 10 August 2015by M.C. Moran

I was very interested to read Dave Allston’s 80 years of history at the Carleton Tavern (Kitchissippi Times). The Moran…

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Family Tree, Oral History, Stories

Al Lunney’s Advice

Posted on 9 June 2014by M.C. Moran

“Al [Lunney] has this advice for budding genealogists. DO IT NOW, before you lose the members of the older generation…

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Canadian Records, Census Substitutes, Directories, Employment/Occupation, Oral History

Occupation: Married Woman (Canada Voters Lists, 1935-1980)

Posted on 6 June 2014by M.C. Moran

During the 1930s Alex and Annie operated a small grocery shop in their home on Armstrong St. In the depths…

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Death and Burial, Newspapers, Oral History

Death of Alexander Michael Moran

Posted on 28 April 2014by M.C. Moran

Newspaper obituaries often supply loads of genealogically useful information, along with interesting forename and surname spellings. Here, for example, is…

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Local History, Music, Oral History

Interview with Robin Averill of The Gaelic Hour

Posted on 24 February 2014by M.C. Moran

Yesterday morning I spoke with Robin Averill of The Gaelic Hour. Great chat, and some Ottawa Valley music too. Podcast…

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Canadian Records, Census Records, Death and Burial, Oral History

Scarlet fever deaths in March Township, 1870-1871

Posted on 22 January 2014by M.C. Moran

You know you’re a census geek when you find yourself reading the “Nominal Return(s) of Deaths” from the Canadian census…

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Home Children, Music, Oral History

The Barley Grain For Me (O.J. Abbott and Pete Seeger)

Posted on 1 November 2013by M.C. Moran

O.J. [Oliver John] Abbott, Home Child, singing “The Barley Grain For Me” with Pete Seeger, at the Newport Folk Festival,…

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Oral History, Stories

Research Tip of the Day (Oral History Interviews)

Posted on 12 August 2013by M.C. Moran

If you read genealogy ‘how-to’ books, ‘researching your family history’ guidebooks, advice for oral historians, and so on and so…

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