GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES


Your application for enrolment requires that you complete a family tree.

Below are a number of resources that you may find helpful in your genealogical research.

Numerous websites are dedicated to genealogy. Many others contain church and/or municipal birth, marriage, census and death records.

Also listed are discussion groups that could also be of use.



Books and papers:

Copies of the following reports are available at all Band offices and at FNI:

“Mi’kmaq Survival in Newfoundland: The Continuity of Bands in The Twentieth Century”, By Adrian Tanner & Dorothy Anger, April 1995

“The MicMac Shore: MicMac Family History on the West Coast of Newfoundland”,
By Dorothy Stewart with Marlene Companion, March 2002, (3 volumes)

“Putting it Back Together: Micmac Political Identity in Newfoundland”,
By Dorothy C. Anger, May 1983

“Fragments of Time: The Ki’kmaq Nation & Ktaqamkuk”,
By Dr. David T. McNab, Sept 1994

“The Perfect Disguise: Frank Speck’s Pilgrimage to Ktaqamkuk – The Place of Fog – in 1914”, By David T. McNab

“Report on the Edward Tompkin’s Report The Micmac People of Newfoundland: A Study of Exclusion”, By David T. McNab, June 1993

Historical/Ethnic Study. “Newfoundland: Flat Bay, Port Au Port, Mattis Point”,Author Unknown, Feb 1984

‘Resources for Reference’ pages extracted from the following are available here for downloading:

“FNI Mi'kmaq Curriculum Guide” by Victor Kendell
Offers 17 pages listing books, articles, videos, and web sites pertaining to Mi’kmaq history and culture.

 Download Kendell Resources PDF

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Websites:
http://ngb.chebucto.org/
http://www.jasenbenwah.ca/mikmaq.htm
http://www.jasenbenwah.ca/in_memory_there_of.htm
http://www.jasenbenwah.ca/history1.htm#benoit%20family
http://www.jasenbenwah.ca/local_mikmaq_families.htm
http://www.jasenbenwah.ca/genpage.htm
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cannf/index.html
http://acadian-genweb.acadian-home.org/frames.html
http://www.geneasearch.com/intl/intlcanadian.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/j.josse/ArichatRecords.htm
http://www.acadian.org/census1678.html
http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1678cens.htm
http://www.civilization.ca/orch/www06f_e.html
http://www.searchforancestors.com/
http://www.cyndislist.com/
http://www.familysearch.org/

Discussion Groups:
http://www.nlmikmaq.com/english/feedback.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A1NewfoundlandRoots/
http://groups.msn.com/KtaqamkMikmaq

More to come….



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