Elaine, Here is some website to get you started on the Native American search. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/ http://www.allthingscherokee.com/ http://www.tngenweb.org/cherokee_by_blood/ http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eitcherok/genealogy/roll-found.htm Hope helps. Crystal Elaine Wilkinson <jwilkinson3@triad.rr.com> wrote: this is my first time doing research in AL. My niece, Heather, thinks Maggie A. Middleton Thorton is half Cherokee. Any idea how records are kept on that fact? 1920 census Colbert co Sheffield AL # 159/198 Thomas Thornton 29 MS Maggie 20 TN (Middleton) Edward 1+ Evelyn 1+ (twins) #160/199 John Middleton 55 AL Bettie 54 TN (Beasley) Vernon 16 1930 census Colbert co Sheffield AL #62/69 Thomas E. Thornton 39 MS England NC Maggie A. 30 TN AL TN Edward 11 Evelyn 11 James D. 7 Lily M. 4 Mary A. 2 Nothing on any census Right? Elaine --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? With a free 1 GB, there's more in store with Yahoo! Mail.