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Index: Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts
The goal of this project is to create a series of mini-indexes that make it easier to access information about surnames on this site that are associated with indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage individuals. Each post below serves to organize the information that is currently scattered about the site. There are frequent updates. Continue reading
Index: A Portrait Gallery of Traditional Quebec Life, Trades & Professions
Some years ago I was combing through the discarded books at my local library when I was lucky enough to come across this wonderfully illustrated volume called Les Anciennes Familles du Quebec. I used it for several years with my students as they worked on family history projects and I’ve decided to share it with readers of this blog because I think it could be very helpful to other teachers of Quebec history as well as to those of you writing your own family histories. Continue reading
Main Index: Native – First Peoples – Metis [Canadian Census Extracts]
Core Index: First Peoples Genealogy and History
This is part of a constantly updated larger project to locate surnames carried by Canadian Natives, First Peoples and Metis. In this series of posts, I list Continue reading
Core Index: Historical Postcards
Regional Indexes
Main Index: Vintage Postcards of Quebec
Main Index: Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick Continue reading
Index: Native – First Peoples – Metis [Canadian Marriage Extracts]
Main Index: Native/First Peoples/Metis Surnames | Census Extracts
Core Index: First Peoples Genealogy & History
Each indigenous people of Canada has their own written and oral historical knowledge to draw on when researching their family trees. Unfortunately, for non-indigenous family historians who believe they might have First Nations bloodlines, and who are not connected to a particular indigenous group it can be difficult to even know where to start to trace their lines. Continue reading
Main Index: Early French Canadian Pioneers of Quebec
Early French Canadian Pioneers of Quebec is a series of micro-posts containing information I’ve collected over the years about many of Quebec’s earliest settlers. The list is not comprehensive. It contains surnames from my family trees and other family trees I’ve worked on as well as surnames that appear in my First Nations, Metis and Mixed-heritage projects. Continue reading
Bruneau, Bruno | Cree, Metis, Mixed-heritage: Cree, Chipewyan | Surname Anchor Post
Index: Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts
Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada. Please be aware that it’s a synthesis of the information I’ve collected in my personal research throughout the years and is by no means complete!
