A Canadian Family

Main Index: Native American Names of Quebec and Ontario (Marriage Documents)

Research Problem:  The life history of  Quebec and Ontario natives can be  notoriously difficult to trace. The first – and perhaps greatest – layer of difficulty (for genealogists) is the late adoption of  western surname usage  (stable family names handed down from male parent to child). This has led to given individuals in certain time periods carrying multiple surnames (native only, native and westernized, westernized).

The second layer of difficulty is that Native surnames were transcribed phonetically which led to spelling variations  in various official documents (e.g. between different church registers, census documents, border crossings etc.).

A last difficulty is the varying  quality of the different indexing projects which makes it difficult to access the primary documents (microfilmed records) and cross-check with other indexes.

Goal: To create a Master Cross-Index of Names carried by Natives in Quebec and Ontario during the 18th/19th and 20th centuries sorted by surname variations AND first names.

Phase I: A. Transcription of names from marriage registers of parishs that have been associated with Native American populations in Quebec and Ontario. B. Creation of a Master Index that sorts  those individuals by various surnames and first names. Timeline: 2011/2012

Work to date

Extracts:Primarily  Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario (A)  Updated Feb.25

Extracts: Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario (B/C)  Updated Feb.25

Extracts: Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario (D/G)  Updated Feb. 25

Extracts: Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario |(H/I)  Updated Feb. 13

Extracts: Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario (J) Updated Feb.14

Extracts: Native American Marriages of Quebec & Ontario (K)  Updated Feb.25

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January 6, 2012 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | First Peoples, Iroquois, Mohawk, Native Americans