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 …
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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 …
Philippe Mius d’Entremont (c1609-c1700): Baron de Pobomcoup & King’s Attorney – 52 Ancestors #473
Reproduction painting of Philippe Mius by Father Maurice LeBlanc, held at and courtesy of Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos et Centre de recherche, West Pubnico. Website: http://www.museeacadien.ca Perhaps there are so many rumors and so much speculation surrounding Philippe Mius, also known as Philippe Mius d’Entremont, because aside from being an early trader and establishing …