Looking for Metis information.

Sitting Bull · #1 03-07-2014, 07:22 PM

Hey guy's , I would like to know if anybody here is a Metis. I would like to talk to someone who has good knowledge of Metis history as well as knowledge in regards to ancestry/genealogy/how to find out information on families etc...
Please PM me .

brownbomber · #2 03-07-2014, 07:25 PM

Lineage tree for MNA?

greylynx · #3 03-07-2014, 07:29 PM

Royal Alberta Museum, and associated archives in Edmonton.

U of A Native studies.

Little grannies in old folks homes.

Sitting Bull · #4 03-07-2014, 07:38 PM

Not Alberta, I found out through my father that way back we had one of our ancestors marry a Native woman from the Lake Ni****ing area of northern Ontario. I have her Indian name, but would like to find out more about the whole thing.
For some reason the forum will not allow me to print the whole spelling, so I will spell it with spaces in between. Lake N i p i s s i n g.

elkdump · #5 03-07-2014, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sitting Bull

Not Alberta, I found out through my father that way back we had one of our ancestors marry a Native woman from the Lake Ni****ing area of northern Ontario. I have her Indian name, but would like to find out more about the whole thing.
For some reason the forum will not allow me to print the whole spelling, so I will spell it with spaces in between. Lake N i p i s s i n g.

try online search of Church Baptismal and Death Certificates in that area ? just a thought ,,,

found records of my family ancestors from Scotland into Ontario back to 1870's

good luck

CanuckShooter · #6 03-07-2014, 08:34 PM

Also, you live in Edmonton...there is a Metis Nation of Alberta office in town....they could probably give you some help getting information. At one time they were near the downtown airport.

moose maniac · #7 03-07-2014, 08:45 PM

Glenbow archives

Rainbow · #8 03-07-2014, 08:48 PM

Sitting Bull
Google the address of La Societe historique de Sainte-Bonifice.
Rainbow

Sporty · #9 03-08-2014, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by CanuckShooter

Also, you live in Edmonton...there is a Metis Nation of Alberta office in town....they could probably give you some help getting information. At one time they were near the downtown airport.

They also have a genealogist who does the membership who would probably be able to help.

lund17 · #10 03-09-2014, 10:12 PM

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Also, you live in Edmonton...there is a Metis Nation of Alberta office in town....they could probably give you some help getting information. At one time they were near the downtown airport.

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Originally Posted by Sporty

They also have a genealogist who does the membership who would probably be able to help.

In my experience they are not what they used to be. 10 years ago they were very helpful but in the last couple of years they just have too many people knocking on their door and government paperwork to push.

I would recommend starting at the Provincial Archives of Alberta; next stop would be the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton. PM me if you want contact names.

Red Bullets · #11 03-09-2014, 11:19 PM

This might help:

http://metisnationdatabase.ualberta.ca/MNC/

Sitting Bull · #12 03-10-2014, 07:05 PM

Thanks for your responses folks, I will begin my search in the archives and here in Edmonton. I just want to find out how much Native influence I have in our family history. Our earliest records show our arrival to Canada in the very early 1600's. One of my ancestors is Jean Nicolet the explorer. I have always been interested in genealogy but just never have the time.