This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meuse, Mius, Meuce, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/764.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Perhaps a trip to St. Anne's Centre Acadien would be better idea for your Anne.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/764.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Denise, All my sister got out of my grandmother was that she went to a "convent school" and was forced to speak French. In fact when we spoke she said she would only go to a Catholic church with French-speaking priests. We don't know if it was a convent school or an orphanage. One rumor is that she was orphaned at a young age. She was not allowed to take the Parker name because she married out of the tribe or her mother did. My dad always wanted to move to NS to some small fishing village, of course there are a few of those. But as you say, they didn't speak of their heritage. One story says the French nuns forbade them to speak it. We used to correspond with Rev. D'Entremont and we did meet him also. The D'Entremonts and the Muse/Muise families are all intermarried, but have some kind of war going on...this comes from a woman at Ste Annes du Ruisseau(spelling?) Church in Eelbrook, where my sister and I were told to go for records. I just spoke with this woman last October, 2005. She said she would email me but never has! This was the 2nd time I was there and I'm going back to Eelbrook next spring because that was the first name we got over 12 years ago. and that's how many times I've been to NS searching. One person we did locate was Peter Crowell also at Argyle Township. He insisted we were French...Needless to say we didn't bother with him anymore. See if you can find out any info on St Joseph's Orphanage in Yarmouth County...They also had records. It did burn but some of the records were saved. Also, my uncle before he died, went to NS to get his mother's birth certificate, but there was none as the! towns didn't have the money in those days to keep them, but the Catholic Church did and all he said before he died was his mother's name was not Nellie Parker but Maryellen Muse and she was Mi'kMaq and he had to stay there an extra day and travel north to get her baptismal record....so why can't I do the same...even the Church gave us no help....I'll keep searching though and contact you asap should anything come up....Any chance us meeting in NS next spring? Regards, Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/901.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jennie, Yes I do, I can e-mail you if you wish or you can e-mail me. I have not been working on the family tree for a few years and lost a lot. I am slowing finding pieces. I know that the Donaldson's go back to the second signing of the Mayflower crossing. earl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/901.1 Message Board Post: Do you have any more info on Elizabeth Donaldson? I have Donaldsons in my tree. Jennie

Hello Folks, I am trying to figure out just where in the town of Yarmouth my ancestor, James Jeffery was living in 1861. He can be found on the 1861 Census for Yarmouth County in Polling District 2, Abstract 14, line 20. By the 1871 census he had moved to Overton. Below are the first 30 names found on the 1861 census page, if you have an ancestor listed and know where in Yarmouth they were living in 1861............ Thank-you Kind Regards, Douglas Fevens Halifax Line 1- Simeon Nickerson; 2 - Stephen Merrill; 3- John R. Hilton; 4 - I M Merrill; 5 - Herman Gardener; 6 - Edward Huestus; 7 - Robert Hunter; 8 - William John Wetmore; 9 - James Robinson; 10 - James A. Gridley; 11 - George Rogers; 12 - Thomas D. Brown; 13 - Mary Alexander; 14 - Stephen Gowdey; 15 - Henry Burrell; 16 - George Allen; 17 - Riddle George [George Riddle?]; 18 - David Richards; 19 - George Churchill; 20 - James Jeffery; 21 - William Ridding; 22 - Joseph Shaw; 23 - Anthony Renkins??; 24 - Faney Goldfinch; 25 - Henry Alex Hood; 26 - Freeman Gardner; 27 - William Bancroft; 28 - George A Co[o]per; 29 - Ashel Whitman; 30 - George H. Porter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/901 Message Board Post: I am trying to find information on Benjamin White (leBlanc) Approx 1860 Married Elizabeth Donaldson of North East Point, Cape Sable around 1900 and moved to New Germany 1902 and worked at Zwickers box Factory. Really stuck on my family tree at this point? any assistance please. earl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/900 Message Board Post: Died at Ohio, Yarmouth, Jan. 28th, Sarah Allen, daught er of the late Joseph Saunders. She was born Mar. 10th, 1779, and was consequently nearly 91 years of age at her death. She was one of the first converts of the great revival of 1806 in this county; and was baptized by Father Thos. H. Chipman, at the first baptism which he and Father Harris Harding together administered, at that ever memorable period; of which there are still a few survivors of this township. For the past 12 years it has been a privilege of the writer to hear from her lips a description of the wonderful dealings of God with our fathers ---- of their conflicts and their conquests ----- of the establishment and enlargement of our churches ------ of her own sinfulness and the sovereign grace that saved her from it. Tremblingly she trusted her Saviour to the last, and fully experienced the fulfilment of the promise, "even to old age I am He." Isa. xivi:4. Her last were like the fi! rst unconscious days of infancy. ---- Com. by Rev. J.H. Saunders. from the Baptist paper:Christian Messenger: 1870: March 30ieth issue

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/899 Message Board Post: Bethia Rose, widow of the late David Rose of Yarmouth, died Feb. 26th, 1870, aged 88 years and 10 months. She was one of the first Baptists of Yarmouth. Some 10 years ago she gave the writer an account of her first sight of Father H. Harding, then probably on his first visit to Yarmouth in 1790. She was then 9 years old. She looked upon him as he passed by her father's house with a childish curiosity and fear, because of the character he then bore as a teacher of strange doctrines, and a disturber of the people. In after days she heard with joy the gospel from his lips. After her marriage her house was one of the old ministers homes. Great was her pleasure in the fact that she had lodged and personally waited upon all the old ministers who had visited this country. Her home was one of Father Harding's favorite resorts to the end of his days. You could scarcely convince her that the ministry of these days or the religious exercises of ! the present were equal to the past. Her husband preceded her to the better land some 12 years since, and for the last 20 years she has been confined to her house ---- much of this time to her bed. the welcome messenger at last came, and she rests with her people. J.H.S. >From the Baptist paper: The Christian Messenger: 1870: March 30ieth issue

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/898 Message Board Post: At Yarmouth, on the 11th, inst. Asenath, beloved wife of Ezekiel Baker, aged 79 years >From the Baptist paper: The Christian Messenger: 1884, June 18th issue: page 8

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CROSBY, ELWELL, RYDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/897 Message Board Post: Hello list members, I am researching my husband's family in Nova Scotia. His 5x great grandfather appears to be Edward CROSBY, married Rebekkah ELWELL, in Yarmouth in 1773. However, across the web, there is conflicting information on the parents of Edward. I've seen them as Thomas CROSBY and Elizabeth HOPKINS, or Edward CROSBY and Experience RYDER. I'd like to hear from anyone who has anything definitive on this family. Thanks, Patricia Sears

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Montgomery,Roy,Newell,VanHorne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/896 Message Board Post: I understand there was a Van Horne Funeral Home in Yarmouth. Is anyone familiar with this or know where records could be obtained? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/764.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Barbara: Yes there is M'ikmaq in our family background. Unfortunately, my mother's family is very tight-lipped about it. I imagine anything I find out will be through correspondence with people like you and being able to connect portions of our family trees. The way my cousin Richard (Melanson) in Halifax explained it to be is: Our parents were born in an era where being from one minority (French) was bad enough. To identify the M'ikmaq side would have been even worse. We have to consider that they were born in a "post-expulsion" era. Also the M'ikmaq's did not write the history books, so guess who got left out? Richard says that our parents were given "English" names in hopes they'd get along better in an English dominated world. Sad to admit, but true. I am in touch with a researcher at the Argyle Township County Courthouse and I just received $180.00 worth of information from her. I can get her to go further, but I need to save some more money. I live on the west side of Canada (Yukon) otherwise I would head there myself and spend some time just going through records. I'll bet if we search back far enough, we will find out that our "roots" are connected. I don't mind if you e-mail me directly Barbara. I am looking though portions of my family tree (grandmother's side) and I see that there are a number of Anne Meuse, Muis, Muise's way back. Looking forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Denise Leschart

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/764.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Hello again, One thing I didn't mention, at the Bear river Reserve, I first spoke with a young girl at the general store, named Heather and she confirmed there was a Margaret Muse,Muis, Muise in her family and the chief was her uncle, yet when we asked the uncle, Frank Muise, he said there was no fMargaret in the family, he was a little hostile to be honest. Once again, good luck, Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Muse, Parker, Walsh, Whelahan, Lucey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/764.1.2.1 Message Board Post: HI The Yarmouth/Wakefield situation is familiar, but not the names....The problem I'm having is I cannot find anyone connected with my Muse family from Yarmouth...According to my grandmother's marriage license info, her name was Helen/Maryelle Parker and her mother's name was Anne Muse and father was Henry Parker. I've been to Nova Scotia so many times and have found nothing. She is said to have been Mi'kMaq indian. I am looking specifically at Bear River Reserve, the chief's name is Muise...Do you have any Mi'k Maq in your family? Good luck...Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/895.1 Message Board Post: Did you receive the info in your email ?

The Shelburne County Genealogical Society celebrated their 19th. Anniversary with a name change. Their new name is Shelburne County Archives & Genealogical Society. This new name more accurately describes the institution as it has been an established archives and an institutional member of the Council of Nova Scotia Archives since 1995. Winter operational hours have had to be reduced due to financial constraints. >From 6 November, 2006 to 2 April, 2007 the Centre will be open on Monday , Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Tuesday and Thursday. Monday and Wednesday will be staffed by volunteers. Various fund raising drives are in the works including the popular Bonnycastle Dale calendar ,2007 edition, which along with copies of our publications will available at a special table at Wilson’s Shopping Centre in Barrington Passage on 2 December as well as at the Centre during open hours. They can also be ordered for mail shipment by phone or e.mail at gencentre@ns.sympatico.ca Plans are also finalized for the Annual Veterans Tea which will be held at the Centre on Thursday 2 November at 10-11:30 a.m. Come and shake the hand of a Veteran. Wally Buchanan R R 2 Shelburne, N. S. B0T 1W0

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/776.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello: I couldn't help but notice your mention of a Lorette born in 1924. My grandmother was Rosalie Octavie Muise. My mother tells me that her sister (Lorette) was sent to live with relatives in the US because her mother was too sick to look after her. My mother was born in 1933 and Lorette was older than her and 1924 sounds about right for her birthdate. When it came time for Lorette to go to school, she was not permitted to attend in the US because there was no birth certificate for her. She was returned to Nova Scotia to a family she never knew. Do you think this could be the Lorette you are talking about? I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Denise Leschart

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/776.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have sent the info to your email address, did you receive it? Doreen

Hello to All, This is a new posting. I'm trying to find ANY information or family of Thomas BENNET(T) buried @ the Meeting House, LIVERPOOL on 20 Feb 1800 & mentioned in Simeon PERKIN's Diary. Any clues on BENNET(T) family will be most gratefully received, Jenny in AUS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/893.1.1 Message Board Post: Sheila, Thank you for answering my query. I am trying to find some information about my grandparents(maternal). My grandfather was Thomas Nixon m. to Josephine Comeau. In the 1901 census there is a Thomas Nixon listed as living with his brother John and his family in Yarmouth. However, in the 1911 census the only Nixon in Yarmouth is Thomas Nixon m to Josephine Comeau with a 1 yr. old daughter, Mary Charlotte (my mother). I am wondering if my grandfather is the same Thomas Nixon as in the 1901 census? If not then where did he come from? Any information you could share with me would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your reply. Tom King