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/mA1.2ACIB/449.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi..So you know ...I am researching Mathon,tremblay, April, Blanchette. And since you have an interest in BERNIER it looks like I will work on that as my sister's husband is a BERNIER. AS to Father MENARD...He was the second missionary to Sault Ste. Merie . His death in 1661 was at the headwaters of the Black River. ( more later) He was closely alligned with the Ottawa Indians as his arrival the the Sault was with a flotilla of sixty ottawa canoes to the northern shores of Wisconsin early October, 1660 His trip was i think started in Quebec City. His intent was to impart the Christien faith through nnothern Michigan and Wisconsin. I cannot say anything of the Metis line from lack of knowledge. Does your information and timeline match ??