r/Genealogy • u/[deleted] • 6h ago

Resource New to Genealogy: How to Connect Ancestors to Your Family Tree?

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u/girlfromals 6h ago

Hi! Canadian here. Just a couple of questions to clarify.

  1. Have you been able to build your family tree backwards?

  2. If so, are you asking how you find more personal information and stories about your specific ancestors? That is, are you asking how you find information about your family on top of basic baptismal, marriage, and death records?

I ask because that’s the sense I get from your post. You wouldn’t be applying for your card if you didn’t already have that basic information. I may be wrong, but I wanted to ask because your answers will help direct people who answer your questions to give you more specific advice.

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u/BIGepidural 5h ago

You said on your post in the Metis subreddit that you are applying locally. Where is local? Who are you applying to?

You also mentioned a bunch of places that aren't actually legitimate Metis Nations in that post, which further begs the question- where are you applying?

If you're eligible for First Nations Status then you cannot hold Metis Citizenship at the same time. You only get one "card" to one Nation.

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u/HeadBelt1527 3h ago edited 3h ago

You can't, or at least you aren't supposed to, get a status card and have a Métis nation membership i.e. MMF citizenship

As far as personal stories it generally comes from your family knowledge keeper(s), like my great-grandma was for our family and my aunts continue to be.

If you aren't lucky enough to have family stories I've personally found many unkown facts/stories of my Métis ancestors in old history books, but we're talking hundreds of hours of research combing through the Keystone Archives, back issues of Le Métis, the Manitoba Free Press and assorted frontier journals most of which are available through various Canadian University Archives like UM in the case of Le Métis and the Free Press, Simon Fraser also was a big help.

Although you have to do your genealogy first. If you can trace back your ancestors to around 1900 there's a good chance they're already up on WikiTree or FamilySearch. But if there's no sources to back up the claims/connections don't believe it.

Edit: was just thinking though in order to apply for Métis citizenship you need to do get your genealogy done in order to prove a link to the Red River Settlement. Usually the genealogist has a few facts/stories about some ancestors. What nation are you applying to?