During preparations for my 2024 trip to Nova Scotia, and after my arrival, I kept hearing that Philippe Mius d’Entremont built his castle or manor house on the east side of Pubnico Harbor, someplace near Hipson’s Bridge. Clearly, visiting that location was a priority. After all, Philippe Mius’s 1653 land grant was where it all …
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Sixteen Unique Trees at FamilyTreeDNA: How and When to Use Each
I love all the various trees at FamilyTreeDNA – and I’m not referring just to traditional genealogy trees with people, names, and dates. I’m talking about phylogenetic or haplogroup trees – the ones you use to understand your Y-DNA and mitochondrial DNA haplogroups, origins – and more. These trees tell you ABOUT your ancestors, those …
Philippe Mius d’Entremont (c1609-1700): Returning Home to Pubnico – 52 Ancestors #474
Sharingknowledge own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 I visited Pubnico, Nova Scotia, home of Philippe Mius d’Entremont, in the summer of 2024. Pubnico is much more than simply Philippe’s home. He founded the first European settlement which was called by its Mi’kmaq name, Pobomcoup, which meant something like “the place where holes are made in the …