tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post437959437560554169..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Stuck Out West in CanadaJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-42185927314640122382014-04-01T23:58:30.992-07:002014-04-01T23:58:30.992-07:00...which makes me grateful that this Paris isn'......which makes me grateful that this Paris isn't that big a place!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-36231914431307412502014-04-01T23:57:39.601-07:002014-04-01T23:57:39.601-07:00You're so right, Iggy! It's been a steep l...You're so right, Iggy! It's been a steep learning, trying to absorb all the "local" history I can find on the counties and parishes where our ancestors once lived. Fortunately, to get up to speed, I can glom on to the many books on Irish history my daughter has accumulated over the years.<br /><br />Northern Ireland has its own set of challenges, too. I'm sure you're finding all sorts of fascinating details to help sort out your family's story across the "pond."Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-16259514503545815042014-03-31T20:13:08.277-07:002014-03-31T20:13:08.277-07:00I like to slog through the census records.. someti...I like to slog through the census records.. sometime people don't move far:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-39477183624570153702014-03-31T08:10:11.853-07:002014-03-31T08:10:11.853-07:00Just goes to show - a little history lesson pertai...Just goes to show - a little history lesson pertaining to the time one is looking into to be valuable in understand where / who / and what.<br /><br />As you will see, understanding the Irish governmental arrangement both now and then - will help you figure out where things happened! I'm learning all about "Northern Ireland" where my grandmother's folks came from. Place names have changed a lot since the "my kinfolks" left the old sod!Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-59997969428678977182014-03-29T22:13:54.336-07:002014-03-29T22:13:54.336-07:00How funny, Wendy! I hadn't thought of putting ...How funny, Wendy! I hadn't thought of putting that spin on "Canada West" but now that you mention it...I can see it slapped on some brick gateway to a new housing development!<br /><br />Before Canada's "Confederation" in 1867, there were the designations Canada East and Canada West. That was the term showing on the census pages for the 1852 and 1861 census forms in which I found our Tully family in Ontario.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-15020604645598833542014-03-27T03:43:01.769-07:002014-03-27T03:43:01.769-07:00Somehow the term "Canada West" has the r...Somehow the term "Canada West" has the ring of modern-day suburbia. I don't know Canada's history, but 1870 seems late in the game for Ontario to be "West." But what do I know? I have no Canadian ancestors.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com