I would say even having Armagh as a starting place is pretty fortunate. In my experience tracing my own surnames, county and township death registrations, census forms, church b/m/d records seldom go beyond simply stating Ireland. I think your chances would be pretty slim but that's what we do, chase after that slim possibility until it's found. One place I have found where birth place is often more specific is in any legal document where they had to make a specific claim about themselves. Land transactions or court declarations have been particularly fruitful and are most likely to be correct. > > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > Date: 2005/09/20 Tue AM 09:47:34 CDT > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death registration > > Thanks Pat. I'm still hoping to learn more about the kinds of birth > and possibly immigration information one can obtain from Ontario > death registration records for 1877. > > Best wishes, > Frances > > my original letter-------------------- > Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:27:06 -0700 > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Finding birth place from ON death registration > > Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place > in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe > County or any other part of Ontario? > > Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family > lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any > suggestions welcome. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom LaPorte