“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…
Death and Burial
“Now comes Thos. L. Ryan…”
Where did Michael James McGlade Reside? Sometimes you can’t find a person, no matter how carefully and thoroughly you look….
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Obituary for Thomas and Alexander Moran
While it may seem a glaringly obvious point, it’s a point worth keeping in mind when you discover an ancestor’s…
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17 Years of Cheers, and No Green Beers
Meant to post this on the 6 September (my Dad’s birthday), but got busy and distracted…. My dad spent the…
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Cause of Death: Pulmonary tuberculosis
I’ve written about tuberculosis before. See, for example, Tuberculosis in Ontario; and also see a list of those who Died…
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The hazards of early settler life
As I’ve mentioned before, 19th-century Roman Catholic burial records did not generally record a cause of death for the deceased,…
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Burial of Four Irish Orphans
From the register of Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, the burial of four Irish orphans on 2 August 1847.1 Apparently all…
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Death of George Vallely
Sometimes the records just don’t add up. Oh, I don’t mean numerically or arithmetically: genealogical research is not double-entry bookkeeping,…
