Diane: There is a fabulous two-volume Métis genealogy books at the Vancouver Public Library, I believe it`s called, 'The Métis -A Genealogical Compendium'. Winnipeg should have it because, from what I've seen, there are Métis lines from Manitoba in it. The lineages were extensive and went back to the early Hudson Bay Company days. Rick Miner At 21:11 00-01-18 -0800, you wrote: >HELLO, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP ME IN LOCATEING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING. MY 6TH. GREAT GRANPARENTS NAMES WERE "MARGARET SOULIER" AND PIERRE DAVID DOMPIERE. I BELIEVE SHE CAME FROM THE " RED RIVER" AREA. OR LOWER PART OF MANITOBA. SHE WAS A " CREE". THEY HAD DAUGHTER NAMED " MARIE GENEVIEVE DOMPIERE BORN 1834. MARIE THEN MARRIED PIERRE PARISEAU AND HAD A SON NAMED " JEAN BATTISTE PARISEAU".BECOUSE THE DATE IS IN THE 1800's I DO NOT KNOW IF IN THAT TIME THE CREE'S WERE NAMED A PARTICULAR TRIBALE NAME? BUT , I AM VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT MY HISTORY AND NATIONALITY. IF YOU COULD BE ANY HELP I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATED. DIANE HALLBORG. > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Canada GenWeb Awards >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6625/cgwaward.html >Vote for your favourite CanadaGenWeb site > >