Dear Linda, Tom, and Bill: You all had me up til 4 a.m. this morning reading Breedlove and related material! I must tell you, I was almost afraid of opening my email this morning, not knowing what to expect. I was so happy to find your messages with information that I might never have had otherwise. I thank each one of you. And now I too understand the greeting - Hello Cousins!!! :-) Linda: On the Cherokee Dawes roll (NARA), I found a Sarah Breedlove: NRFF-75-53A-2287, Record Group 75,Series 53A,Item 2287,Title Enrollment for Sarah Breedlove,Dates ca.1898-ca.1914, Tribe: Cherokee, Type: Parent, Sex: Female,Census Card Number: IW167. I haven't sent for this information yet from the Archives. I had intended too not knowing there was any other way. If this is my GGrandmother Sarah Breedlove (maiden - Dillard) I will be very very happy. Should I send for this record from NARA? Or would you have that information available? You said that there is an "Alice" on the lists. Humm, this Alice sounds like she would be worth looking at closer, for my Mary Alice, don't you think? >I believe you can access those through our archive files, which it sounds like you have gone through. If not, let me know and I will attach and send to you directly the old communications.< And yes, I would love to see these older communications. I did look at the BREEDLOVE_L list archives, but they appear to only go back 6 months or so - If there are earlier archived material from this list, I don't know how to access those. I'll get back online this evening and see if I can find any earlier files... It is definately possible that I stuck my foot in my mouth telling you I read "all" your archived files! :-[ And Tom said: >I would doubt that the Dillards were Indian as they moved from North Carolina before 1850 to Greene Co., MO., long before the trail of tears. < I truly don't know how the Cherokee connection is made here, Tom. I wish I knew! If not through the Breedloves, then it must be through Sarah Lucinda Dillard's mother's side. I can tell you that my grandmother, Mary Alice, spoke Cherokee fluently, with physical attributes of a native american indian woman. She taught me words and songs in Cherokee when I was very young, but I've forgotten most of those, sad to say. I was about 12 or 13 years old the last time I saw her. And thank you for the Family Group Record. Among many other things, I had no idea where any of these folks were buried. My own immediate family moved from Pueblo, Colorado when I was very young - losing contact with the Breedloves. It's going to take me a few days to assimilate the information you sent me - I want to get familiar with it. I feel in some way I'm reestablishing connections with my family again. It's a wonderful feeling - as I'm sure you all know. Thank you. Also, Tom, I think I can probably supply some pictures of Caleb and perhaps Sarah and others for your Breedlove CD, if you want those. I'll check out those in the next few weeks. You asked about Caleb Breedlove's son, Charles. I think Charles is gone, but he had two children, a son, Charles Jr. and a daughter. My sister has been in touch with his daughter who now lives in Belieze. If your interested, I'll write and let you know more. And Bill, sorry, we left Pueblo when I was 3 years old, with summertime visits there as I was growing up. I missed out on knowing my relatives, cousins, Aunts and Uncles. Yes, I'd love to have the entire genealogy if you want to send it to me. And I don't know what a gedcom file is . . . but I'll take it! :-) I can see right now, opening one door in geneology opens up a whole passageway of new doors! Fascinating! Now it looks like I need to find information on Sarah L. Dillard and family for our Cherokee background. I'll check with the Dillard lists online - perhaps someone there knows something. Also, if any of you know anything about her, or could help me find her, that would be wonderful. PS, I called and spoke to Linda in OK this afternoon, Bill, and found out more about our shared heritage. Such fun! We're going to correspond. Forgive me for the length of this letter. I'm just so happy with all this "new" family history. And a bit awed by your help. Thank you again, Gloria ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com