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Irish RC registers rotting away?

Catholic Records, Irish Records25 April 2014by M.C. Moran

As if Ireland hasn’t already lost enough invaluable and irreplaceable genealogical records, John Grenham sounds the alarm over the state of the original Roman Catholic parish registers — which are “still sitting in the sacristies and presbyteries around the country…

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Mid-Century Modern Ottawa

Local History9 January 2014by M.C. Moran

Floor plans and photographs of mid-century modern houses in Ottawa.

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Michael E. Vance, Imperial Immigrants

Migration25 October 2013by M.C. Moran

The best thing I’ve read about the Ottawa Valley in a long time is Michael E. Vance’s Imperial Immigrants: Scottish Settlers in the Upper Ottawa Valley, 1815-1840. Highly recommend.

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“You are a dog, and this is YOUR bone”

Irish Records18 July 2013by M.C. Moran

Some excellent advice by professional genealogist John Grenham, whose Irish Roots column is a must-read.

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Valuation Revision Books at PRONI

Census Substitutes, Irish Records, Land Records27 March 2013by M.C. Moran

Now online at PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland), a searchable placename index to the Valuation Revision Books, covering the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933.

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John Grenham on Irish surname spellings

Irish Records, Names2 January 2013by M.C. Moran

So the reason I’m blue in the face is not apnoea or an impending heart attack, it’s from telling people over and over and over that it makes no difference whether your Quin family have been insanely fussy about spelling…

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