Beothuks of Newfoundland
Lady Edith Blake did well at what was expected of a governor’s wife in late 19th century Newfoundland. But teas with local society ladies were not her priority. She preferred…
Lady Edith Blake did well at what was expected of a governor’s wife in late 19th century Newfoundland. But teas with local society ladies were not her priority. She preferred…
Two hundred years ago today, John Peyton of Twillingate and his party abducted a Beothuk woman, Demasduit. Her husband Nobosbawsut was killed while trying to protect her. Shortly after, her…
A 1980 interview with Nathaniel Adolph White, 1896-1987, of Shallop Cove, St. George's. It was part of a genealogy and community history research project. I have only a tape transcript…
"What fair and equitable basis may exist for federal union of Newfoundland and Canada?" Seventy years ago, Newfoundland decided to ask Ottawa that question. Two years later, they'd sorted it…
The Mi'kmaq community of Flat Bay in Bay St. George is on YouTube. Below is a 16 minute documentary about the west coast Newfoundland village (Feb. 2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIF_CJ7TMnU You can also…
Mary Francis Webb was a midwife, one of the best known and most respected on Newfoundland's west coast. She was also a healer using traditional Mi'kmaq medicines. She was a…
Thirty-three years ago I started doing Newfoundland Mi’kmaq genealogies. Over the years, I’ve added and corrected information and marked changes in families. This weekend, I sadly updated the database with…
The telling of a place often is told through the people who make up the place. Conversely, the telling of a family can be told through the place they lived.…
It was a dark and stormy night when I began reading Earl Pilgrim’s Drifting into Doom: Tragedy at Sea. Winter rain blew at the windows and tree branches hit the…
If you have a drop of Acadian blood in your veins or if you just enjoy the distinctive sound of an Acadian fiddle, a place for you to go is…