Hello James,
I was told (years ago) that the best place to find Micmac B/M/D info is
within the Catholic Church Registers of the respective area for the person
you are researching (see list if Micmac villages below). ~Diane
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The Micmac villages are as follows:
Antigonishe (?)
Beaubassin (mission)
Boat Harbor
Chignecto
Eskusone
Indian Village
Isle of St Johns
Nalkitgoniash Kespoogwit
Kigicapigiak
Le Have
Maria
Minas
Miramichi
Nipigiguit
PictouPohomoosh
Restigouche
Richibucto
Rocky Point
Shediac
Shubenacadie
Tabogimkik.
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..................And from Blue Pete's history web pages at
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/Gloss/IndiansWords.htm
Peter Landry-
peteblu@...
"A Selection of Micmac Words"
(A Suppliment to the Historical Essay, "The Micmac Of Megumaagee")
A Preliminary Note:
What I set down here is but the barest sample of Micmac words. The principal
source for these words, of course, is from the work of Silas Terius RAND
(1810-89). Rand was a farmer's son from Canning, Nova Scotia. His life's
work was to become the study of the Micmac language, a language he described
as "the most marvelous of all languages, ancient or modern. It was marvelous
in its construction, in its regularity, in its fullness."1 This by a man,
who, it is said, in his prime could speak and write a dozen languages
including Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
Rand made his home at Hantsport from 1853 to 1889. He compiled a dictionary
that consisted of approximately 40,000 words, translated the bible, and, in
his extended writings, "saved from oblivion," wrote of the rich mythological
lore of the Micmac.
Another work that I have drawn from is that of Elizabeth Frame, List of
Micmac Names of Places. Miss Frame is described of being from Shubenacadie,
a place at which the Micmac have long resided. Frame's original work came
about as a result of a request for the library of the Massachusetts
Historical Society; it was presented at its meeting, June 9th, 1892.
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A 2nd page of Micmac links will follow.