You're welcome. Best of luck with your research. Sorry I could not be more optimistic but this is definately not an easy hobby/pasttime/life's work! > > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > Date: 2005/09/21 Wed AM 11:52:22 CDT > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death > registration > > Hi Tom. Thanks very much for sharing your experience. This sounds > like excellent advice for anyone working back to Ireland from Ontario > records. Best wishes, Frances > > > >Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:58:02 -0500 > >From: Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> > >To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death > >registration > > > >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 > > > >-------------------------------- > > > ==== CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH Mailing List ==== > Add your names to the Ontario Irish surname registry at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/OntarioIrish/surnames.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > Tom LaPorte