Monthly Archives: November 2010

Church and Civil Records from Ireland (II)

This is the second post which will give examples of church (baptisms, marriages and deaths) and civil records (births, marriages and deaths or BMDs) from different counties in Ireland that have the Buggy name.[1] As in the first post the … Continue reading

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Church and Civil Records from Ireland (I)

This is the first of two posts which will give examples of church (baptisms, marriages and deaths) and civil records (births, marriages and deaths or BMDs) from different counties in Ireland that have the Buggy name.[1] Griffith’s Valuation, the 1901 … Continue reading

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Irish Famine Emigrants to New York 1846-1951

The famine in Ireland between the late 1840s and early 1850s is well documented in countless publications so there is no need to discuss it on this blog. Hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to the United States during those … Continue reading

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Census of Canada 1851

A census of population was carried out across much of the British Empire in 1851.  Canada was included as it was part of the empire at the time. The areas enumerated were Canada East (most of current Quebec), Canada West … Continue reading

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