Companion Matriarch added to Mi’kmaq Women mtDNA line
Marie Brake Companion of the Bay of Islands shares mtDNA with several other ancestral Mi'kmaq women.
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April 29, 2020
The Thomas Bailey Oderin, Placentia Bay Ledgers of Spurrier and Co.
Recently found and released by Newfoundland genealogist and researcher Gail Murphy Taylor, the Thomas Bailey Ledgers cover a period from 1809 to at least the 1860s. The first found of…
January 19, 2020
Blatant Piracy or Innocent Desperation in Channel, Newfoundland?
When a St. Pierre vessel ran aground at Channel several local men boarded the schooner to desperately salvage what they could. Their actions that night would turn the lives of their families of Hare, Gillam, Vardy, Childs, and Strickland upside down.
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December 30, 2019
Conne River announces Beothuk-Mi’kmaq DNA research project funded by National Geographic
Mi’kmaq Miawpukek First Nation initiates the "largest DNA genealogy study of a First Nations group in Canada.”
December 16, 2019
Two More Newfoundland Ancestral Women added to the Blanchard, Park, Saunders & Jeddore Maternal Line
The Taylor's of Grand Bruit and early Bay of Islands Blanchard wife get added to the ever-growing list of related maternal Newfoundland ancestors.
October 27, 2019
A 19th Century Mi’kmaq Tragedy in Newfoundland
When Captain Jock Mitchell, Chief of Newfoundland's Mi'kmaq in 1843, discovers heinous crimes amongst his people, he travels to Harbour Breton for justice.
October 15, 2019
Mi’kmaq Connection in Isle Aux Morts?
George Prosser of Nova Scotia brings a new family story that brings several new elements to several families in Isle Aux Morts & the Blanchard's of the Bay of Islands.
September 23, 2019
Western-Upper Placentia Bay Series (Tibbo SURNAME)
The Western-Upper Placentia Bay Series strives to fill the gaps in the families in the area that have been lost to time due to the loss of parish records. The Tibbo family of Sandy Harbour/Presque.
April 27, 2019
Western-Upper Placentia Bay Series (RYAN SURNAME)
The Western-Upper Placentia Bay Series strives to fill the gaps in the families in the area that have been lost to time due to the loss of parish records. The Ryan family of Presque.
April 27, 2019
Remains of Returning Beothuk Couple should be Autosomally DNA Tested
Now that the remains of two Beothuks are on the way from Europe, should they be further DNA tested - if possible?
February 5, 2019