Hello list. I was researching a family I'd suspected was mine. Further research showed it is not my family. So today I am putting out this information I came across on various lists in the hopes that someone will find it useful. I will keep these documents for a few weeks in case someone would like them through the mail. I cannot scan and e-mail them, so let me know any address to send these to. If no one asks for them by the end of next month, I will discard them. Interview by the Department of the Interior Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes Nowata, Indian Territory Cooweescoowee District Edward Clayton Bolen's application for memership to Cherokee Nation. (Edward Bolen is father to child Harry ORLANDO) as of October, 1900: Delaware Tribe member, Minnie Bolen, age 22 born abt. 1881 Cherokee Indian Nation, U.S.A. parents Alexander and Elizabeth Connor. marries white man Edward Clayton Bolen, age 29, Nowata, Indian Territory. marriage date unknown. Edward C. Bolen was previously married to Lola L. Smith. Edward and 1st wife Lola married under United States law Aug. 7,1893. Then re-married Feb.23, 1894 under Cherokee Law by Rev. Isaac Brown. Lola L.Smith-Bolen was a Cherokee-Delaware by blood. Her father was named John Smith, her mother named Sallie. Edward Bolen says he and ex-wife Lola never got a divorce, that they went to court and got it compromised. He said he did not understand the process well enough to explain it. Edward said he and ex-wife Lola have a 5 year old son HARRY ORLANDO who was currently living in Missouri. Edward says he has legal custody of son because his wife Lola left him and left their son alone. He says she left him because of her allegation he didn't do her right or support her. Although Edward was living in the Cherokee Nation at time of his application, he never explains who his son Harry Orlando is living with in Missouri. This is all I have on child named Harry Orlando in my notes. I do not know if ORLANDO was the child's middle or last name. April. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.