Hi, Linda, My husband's grandmother was a Cherokee from the Pennsylvania area. I've had very little success locating her family on the Internet, altho there are a lot of them. She had no "last name," and she married a SMITH...... I have found several Smiths who married Indians, but how to tell which one???? Might be the line to follow? And they traveled from one place to the other so much, there are no ways of tracing them. I've hit a real dead end on that family line. mas -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Mock Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:11 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] American Indian searches Hi Listers, I recently learned that while hunting for an ancestor, who was "custom" married to a German immigrant, then cast out of the marriage w/children, her tribe has a hidden custom of when a tribal member dies, that they have not existed in life....another words, after their death, nothing was mentioned of them again, and as most tribes don't keep written records, only the story tellers know about them or their names of Indian customs,and great deeds done....Even though my ancestor was a SHAMAN, medicine woman of her tribe, as is one daughter....when she died, her body was hidden from view...and she was gone from the face of the Earth. And even today the secret of her burial place is known by few. I have looked for her for almost 10 years with little sucess except for the Census records from 1850 this way. Being American Indian, they were recorded, differently than the regular Census...ANY WAY, always check the tribal customs, so you don't end up spinning your wheels..there is lots on the internet about American Indian tribes, but check the locale of your ancestor as they variy in what and how they do their customs. Good Hunting. ~Linda~ "Loved ones" are your family tree, and lifes journey. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Have you tried to contact the tribe? They usually have records. deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:44 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] American Indian searches > Hi, Linda, > > My husband's grandmother was a Cherokee from the Pennsylvania area. I've > had very little success locating her family on the Internet, altho there > are > a lot of them. She had no "last name," and she married a SMITH...... I > have found several Smiths who married Indians, but how to tell which > one???? > Might be the line to follow? And they traveled from one place to the > other so much, there are no ways of tracing them. I've hit a real dead > end > on that family line. > > mas > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Mock > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:11 AM > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] American Indian searches > > Hi Listers, > I recently learned that while hunting for an ancestor, who was "custom" > married to a German immigrant, then cast out of the marriage w/children, > her tribe has a hidden custom of when a tribal member dies, that they > have not existed in life....another words, after their death, nothing > was mentioned of them again, and as most tribes don't keep written > records, only the story tellers know about them or their names of Indian > customs,and great deeds done....Even though my ancestor was a SHAMAN, > medicine woman of her tribe, as is one daughter....when she died, her > body was hidden from view...and she was gone from the face of the Earth. > And even today the secret of her burial place is known by few. I have > looked for her for almost 10 years with little sucess except for the > Census records from 1850 this way. Being American Indian, they were > recorded, differently than the regular Census...ANY WAY, always check > the tribal customs, so you don't end up spinning your wheels..there is > lots on the internet about American Indian tribes, but check the locale > of your ancestor as they variy in what and how they do their customs. > Good Hunting. > > ~Linda~ > "Loved ones" are your family tree, > and lifes journey. > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a > SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >