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Death and Burial, Newspapers

Obituary for Thomas and Alexander Moran

Posted on 7 April 2016by M.C. 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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Death and Burial, Medical Records, Migration, Newspapers

Cause of Death: Pulmonary tuberculosis

Posted on 9 September 2015by M.C. Moran

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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Migration, Newspapers

“Missing Friends” advertisements

Posted on 28 March 2015by M.C. Moran

Are you looking for someone who emigrated from Ireland to North America in the nineteenth century? Welcome to the club!…

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Canadian Records, Newspapers

Canadian Historical Newspapers Online

Posted on 27 July 2014by M.C. Moran

Canadian historical newspapers online: a great collection of links at Kenneth R. Marks’ The Ancestor Hunt.

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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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Google News Archive is back

Posted on 20 February 2014by M.C. Moran

Google News Archive was first launched about four years ago (in 2010, I think?), only to disappear at some point…

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Newsworthy

Posted on 26 January 2014by M.C. Moran

Nowadays, you pretty much have to be famous (or perhaps infamous) to have a notice of your travel or holiday…

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Legal, Newspapers

Sued for Slander?

Posted on 21 November 2013by M.C. Moran

I’d be interested in learning more about this case (and whether it ever got anywhere as a court case). From…

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