Vallely – Ottawa Valley Irish

Batch baptisms: Loughgilly, Co. Armagh

Posted on 23 May 2016by M.C. Moran

The NLI’s Catholic Parish Registers is pretty much the most amazing Irish genealogy site I have yet to come across….

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 24 February 2015by M.C. Moran

Sometimes the records just don’t add up. Oh, I don’t mean numerically or arithmetically: genealogical research is not double-entry bookkeeping,…

Posted on 10 February 2015by M.C. Moran

… and those 10 children the offspring of 3 separate (but related!) marital pairs. I’ve written about this before (see,…

Posted on 9 February 2015by M.C. Moran

The 1842 Census of Canada East (Quebec) is available at ancestry.ca (subscription-only), but also at FamilySearch (free of charge). At FamilySearch,…

Posted on 29 April 2013by M.C. Moran

John Vallely was a son of Michael Vallely and Mary Ryan. He was born in Lanark Co., Ontario in 1861,…

Posted on 28 April 2013by M.C. Moran

Returning to the French-Irish theme (see Strange Surname Spellings: Hohanlan for O’Hanlon) with respect to surname spellings, here are three…

Posted on 11 January 2013by M.C. Moran

As I’ve mentioned before (e.g., in Spelling Doesn’t Count! [in Genealogy]), it’s extremely unlikely that an ancestor had a strong attachment…