Photographs – Ottawa Valley Irish

Walter Morin/Moran and Ada Costello

Posted on 6 March 2017by M.C. Moran

A reader (and distant cousin) has sent me two photographs, one of Walter Morin/Moran and the other of Walter’s wife…

Posted on 23 April 2016by M.C. Moran

Because Canada really is the second home of the Scots, every Canadian province has its own official tartan, of course….

Posted on 3 November 2015by M.C. Moran

John J. Vallely (1861-1935), son of Michael Vallely and Mary Ryan, was born 21 January 1861, in Lanark Co., Ontario,…

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…

Posted on 25 April 2015by M.C. Moran

Coming up: some search tips for the parish register of Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa. An unwieldy parish register (full of…

Posted on 14 April 2015by M.C. Moran

I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at…

Posted on 11 March 2015by M.C. Moran

I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at…

Posted on 7 September 2014by M.C. Moran

(Click on the above image to see a larger version of the .jpeg file). My dad, John Alexander Moran (right)…