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