Susan proof is not what counts these days... its what you feel in your heart. The dumb thing about having to prove you are Indian is you don't have to prove you are English or Irish. I have a friend who tells people these days that she is part Irish but she is Cherokee. I have a genealogy link from my website for those struggling with their Indian ancestry... the links from my genealogy page are for the five civilized tribes mainly but the hints for searching for your kinfolk is there. I hope this will help someone. Leslie Barker Thomas http://www.geocities.com/wakaakta/Wakaditka_Homeplace.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Terrell To: BARKER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: [BARKER] CHEROKEE INDIAN Don't go to ancestry.com until you have to, use you search engine, there are several Cherokee Indian lists found at the same place you found this one at, use your search engine and type in Cherokee Indian Genealogy. The statement about the Cherokee Indian Princess is correct. There was no such thing as a prices in the Cherokee Tribe but a lot of people have that same story so much so that the Cherokee of North Carolina and Oklahoma both have information about the Cherokee Indian Princess stories on there web site. So, do not be embarassed about that. I suggest the Cherokee list first. There are lots of helpful people on those list. I am Cherokee descendant on 3 different lines, never able to prove any of it YET, I am also a descendant of James T. Barker of Henry County Missouri, and Colin County Texas. As far as I know my James T. Barker was not of Cherokee decent. He was born in Delaware.. Susan Terrell ==== BARKER Mailing List ==== Visit GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET to find other surname lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html