“Did an operation precede death”? (Ontario civil death records)
Death records often supply interesting (and occasionally rather gruesome) details about an ancestor’s cause of death. And while the information…
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Why was my ancestor’s baptism (or marriage) recorded twice?
In searching for your ancestors’ Catholic church records, the most common problem you’ll encounter is that you cannot find a…
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John Killeen (about 1828-1906)
I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at…
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“Some of the lands being misnamed, others not named”
One of the challenges of Irish genealogy is that of identifying and locating townlands, the names and spellings of which…
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Tithe Applotment Books Online: Location Errors
It’s wonderful to have online access to The Tithe Applotment Books, but there are some issues. The problems are described…
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Irish Census: What Was Lost
If you’re lucky enough to find a family in the Irish census fragments, you will no doubt feel enormously grateful…
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Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour Mission Marriage Records, 1852-1856
From 1852, there was a Catholic Mission at Fitzroy Harbour (Carleton Co., Ontario). A stone church (St. Michael’s) was built…
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Our Roots/Nos Racines: Canadian local histories
Our Roots/Nos Racines is an online collection of Canadian local histories in both English and French. Well worth searching if…
