What is my heritage

Hello Nicolevigil 

Thanks for posting on History Hub!

We suggest that you begin by talking to your various family members, especially the more senior ones, and ask them questions so you can gather names, dates, places, and stories. With that information in hand, you may begin to gather records about these family members and the places associated with them. 

In addition, we suggest that you review the NARA Native American Heritage webpage, the NARA Resources for Genealogists webpage, the History Hub Blog titled Suggestions and Advice for Family History Researchers, the FamilySearch Research wiki pages for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Genealogy and United States Genealogy, the Bureau of Indian Affairs page for Tracing American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Ancestry, the Department of the Interior page on Trace Indian Ancestry, and the Smithsonian page on Native American Genealogy.

Also, the Library of Congress pages on We are trying to compile a family history, What free resources can I use for genealogy?, and Local History and Genealogy Reference Services may be useful.

Hopefully other community members may have additional suggestions.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

Any ideas how to research an indigenous ancestor that was in present  day Canada?

Thank you!

Any ideas how to research an indigenous ancestor that was in present  day Canada?

Thank you!

The Government of Canada has a First Nations Genealogy page that may help:

https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/indigenous-heritage/Pages/first-nations-genealogy.aspx