The following recognition is worth the mention from this author because of their hard work and dedication to the discovery, identification and corrections to our First Nation and Metis familes. I thank them all
Metis in Québec and Eastern Canada
http://www.metisduquebvec.ca/
Norm Léveillée of West Greenwich, Rhode Island
http://www.leveillee.net/ancestry/ and
http://www.leveillee.net/roots/
"Programme de recherche en démographie historique" from the University of Montreal, Quebec (PRDH)
Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, English Supplement by Stephen White, published 2000 by Centre D'Études Acadiennes, Part I, 1636 - 1711. (And his added correction materials.)
Gail Morin Metis Families, of Elmer, Washington
http://www.televar.com/~gmorin/vandal.htm
American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester, NH
www.acgs.org
I compiled this book because of the need to identify the mixed marriages in Canada between mostly the French and the Canadian North American Indian population during the early settlement years. (In some cases there are some non-French records). This material can help others establish their proud Indian heritage. Unfortunately, the Native American people did not record their genealogy, but only in oral tradition,s o nearly all marriages, births, baptisms and deaths will at best have their parents listed from French records. There is very little knowledge beyond that first generation.
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It is very important to note that many of the early sources had errors, some in translation. The works of Jetté, Tanguay and Arseneault are just a few to watch out for. There are corrections out there as in the case of Stephen White's Dictionnaire. The corrections in this printing would not have been created without the hard work and dedication of Norm Léveillée. It is always good to cross check when possible.
Good luck and I hope that you find your Native North American Ancestors.
In his "Source Codes" pages, he has listed 36 sources.
I will quote several data to give the reader an idea of how Paul's book is arranged alphabetically.
8AL8LAK
Simon (8ab8lak), died 7 Sept. 1765 au Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Grand Chief of the Algonquins, meurt de la picotte died of measles Ed. . Source TD
ARDOUIN - LESIEUR
Madeleine Ardouin, an Illinoise (Indian) married Joseph LeSieur after 1700. Source - TD
BREDEL - ST-JEAN-LAVALLEE
Jean Bredel, son of Pierre Bredel and Marie Chagrin of D'Ecrainville, diocese de Rouen, Normandie, France. Jean was a Sergeant in Cie de M. Le Vasseur outfit. He married Madeleine St-Jean-Lavallee, of Nation des Onontagues on 28 April 1696 at Montreal, Quebec. Source - DNCF
COUC - LAFLEUR - MONTOUR LINES
The following Couc family has had much added or corrected based on Norm Léveillée, Suzanne Boivin Sommerville, and PRDH research and documents found in primary and secondary sources. Websites to be consulted for expanded maerials are: http://www.leveillee.net/roots/suzanne8.htm (Suzanne Boivin Sommerville's articles on Késsinnimek-Roots-Racines (magazine Ed.).
At these sites there are several articles and stories by the authors on the Couc-Montour families. Jetté had committed several errors in regards to Marie Mit8ameg8k8e, the eighth great-grandmother of Norm Léveillée. His own story on her can be found at http://www.leveillee.net/ancestry/mariem.htm
based on all the documentation he found. I have left the other source findings listed here, but the most recent findings by the above researchers must be considered and added. Source - LEV & PRDH
DUBOIS (SAUVAGE) - CAMPAGNA
Michel Dubois (Sauvage) married 8 Jan 1757 at St-François-du-Lac to Marie-Joseph Campagna, daughter of Jean-Baptiste, born 1736. Children were: Marie-Joseph, baptism 7 Aug 1757, died 4 Jan 1758; Michel, baptism 16 Dec 1758, died 28 April 1760 at St-Laurent, M., Quebec. Source - TD
ROY - OUABANQUIQUOIS
Pierre Roy married Madeline Ouabanquiquois of the Miamis Nation. He died 31 Oct 1732 at Detroit. They had a daughter, Marguerite, born 27 April 1704 who married 27 April 1739 to Jean Robin at Quebec. She died 21 April 1755. Source- TD
SAUVAGES
Ed. note: Paul has listed several pages of "Sauvages" - Native people, giving at times their birth, baptism, marriage, and/or burial dates along with the tribal affiliation. "Sauvages" has been mistakenly translated as "savages". The word, originating from the latin, really means "people of the forest".
YOU - SAUVAGESSE (Indian woman)
Pierre You, baptised 1658, died 28 Aug 1718 at Montreal married first to Elisabeth Sauvagesse, a Miami. They had a child, Marie-Anne, baptised 1694, married 15 aug 1718 to Jean Richard. Pierre marrie3d second to Madeleine Juste. Children were: Lousie, baptized 21 March 1;706, died 7 Sept 1728; Marie-Catherine, baptized 10 Sept 1708. Source - TD
I have quoted only a few of the hundreds of entries on 160 pages of this revised edition of a very helpful and well-research resource book.
For your information, Paul Bunnell's book French And Native North American Marriages 1600 - 1800 can be ordered from
Heritage Books. The cost is USA $25.00. Order No. B2595.
I firmly believe that this book will be helpful for all who are searching for their Native American ancestors.
AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE (not related to the above review. Ed.)
There is another source that I would like to include here in this article.
It is Thomas Elliot's account book which list many names from the Chateaugay section, including many natives from the Kahnawaké reservation.
www.rootsweb.com/~qcchatea/elliott/elliott.htm
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