Hi Myra: Think it is Renfrew County. Lauraine > > From: Myra Herron <[email protected]> > Date: 2008/10/19 Sun AM 09:18:20 CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] HOW TO FIND ANCESTORS WHO MIGRATED > BACK&FORTH:Nazaire Mercier > > Thank you! Now, what county is Ottawa in? We have found a marriage that referenced the birth place as Ottawa, Canada, and I've found a Wikipedia reference to Hull that places it either very close or in what is now Ottawa. > > To reach a message board, I have to know the county. > > myra > > Richard Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > Myra, > In Canada, provinces are the same as states in America. > Provinces are divided into counties. Counties in Ontario and Quebec are > divided into townships and/or municipalities. Some of the other provinces > divide their counties into parishes, (eg; New Brunswick). So, if you see a > reference in Canada, to township/municipality/parish, they equate to > township in the U.S.