James St Anne's did not exist that early. About the closest place in any of that time period would have been Michilimacinac (many spellings of this). But going back to 1704 will most likely be looking at records of Acadia and early Quebec. Early Detroit area in last half of those years. One of the first to cross the Appalachian Mountains was Daniel Boone. He was born in 1743. The French Indian Wars took place 1754-1763. Nearly all white towns or settlements were in the east or along main waterways at key or strategic locations. The American Flag first flew over Fort Mackinac in 1796 because of provisions of the 1794 Jay Treaty. So the earliest records of the region would be early English/French. You may wish to look at the maps at: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/ The following clearly shows the region as part of Quebec. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/us_1775.jpg All of these maps help tremendously for a visual timeframe of an area being researched. In the years stated, that region was under several territories before statehood came about. So you may find what you actually want in Quebec or Territorial records. Also! if you look at the maps of 1810 and 1820 you will the region under Michigan, and to the west Indiana Territory, but yet the British flag flew. Did those born in this time period consider themselves born Canada as it was yet the governing body for the area? Hope this helps! Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net ============================================ -----Original Message----- From: james mayberry [mailto:jmay330@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 05 December 2003 13:29 To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] need records help looking for anyone who may have st. anne's church records from 1704-1800, besides burton collection. too far to drive at this time and will not do complete look-up. st. anne's only has back to 1840s records available. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

For anyone interested in Ste Anne's of Mackinac records, there's a wonderful CDROM published by the church and sold in their museum gift shop. I'm not shilling for the church. Admission to the Ste Anne's museum is free and the displays are attractive and informative. The CDROM at $20 (when I bought it this summer) is well worth skipping an Applebee's dinner or two. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Friend" <friend@2z.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:47 PM Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] need records help > James > > St Anne's did not exist that early. About the closest place in any of that > time period would have been Michilimacinac (many spellings of this). But > going back to 1704 will most likely be looking at records of Acadia and > early Quebec. Early Detroit area in last half of those years. > > One of the first to cross the Appalachian Mountains was Daniel Boone. He was > born in 1743. The French Indian Wars took place 1754-1763. Nearly all white > towns or settlements were in the east or along main waterways at key or > strategic locations. The American Flag first flew over Fort Mackinac in 1796 > because of provisions of the 1794 Jay Treaty. So the earliest records of the > region would be early English/French. > > You may wish to look at the maps at: > http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/ > The following clearly shows the region as part of Quebec. > http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/us_1775.jpg > > All of these maps help tremendously for a visual timeframe of an area being > researched. In the years stated, that region was under several territories > before statehood came about. So you may find what you actually want in > Quebec or Territorial records. Also! if you look at the maps of 1810 and > 1820 you will the region under Michigan, and to the west Indiana Territory, > but yet the British flag flew. Did those born in this time period consider > themselves born Canada as it was yet the governing body for the area? > > Hope this helps! > > Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) > friend@2z.net > > ============================================ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: james mayberry [mailto:jmay330@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: 05 December 2003 13:29 > To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] need records help > > > looking for anyone who may have st. anne's church > records from 1704-1800, besides burton collection. too > far to drive at this time and will not do complete > look-up. st. anne's only has back to 1840s records available. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >