Just wondering if anyone has ever noticed how incomplete the tribal records for accessgenealogy.com is? Although there appears to be copious records of names, upon closer scrutiny one begins to see some repetition and it may be easy to confuse oneself. In my own research I have found names that were ultimately rejected by the Dawes Commission but appear on the site having roll and card numbers which might lead someone to assume they were accepted if they did not do the very necessary work of obtaining the application packets and reading them thoroughly themselves. I would imagine this is one of the reasons the tribal governments are backlogged with so many registration applications. Just recognizing a name on the Dawes is not enough. Just my .02 worth... --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Before you say much , think on this accessgenealogy is made up by a nice person with the help on one other, and you folks. Members help to contribute data to a website, just like rootsweb and all the others, what info it there was by the grace of the donators and the web page builder. If it is incomplete and you have a filler, please help by donating the missing pieces. Other wise, enjoy and be happy we have Judy <> And Joyce and Alli and and and and all the others too. Takes people to make a good site work. Dan M ----- Original Message ----- From: "jay earl" <ten8csi@yahoo.com> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] Genealogy Mazes > Just wondering if anyone has ever noticed how incomplete the tribal records for accessgenealogy.com is? Although there appears to be copious records of names, upon closer scrutiny one begins to see some repetition and it may be easy to confuse oneself. In my own research I have found names that were ultimately rejected by the Dawes Commission but appear on the site having roll and card numbers which might lead someone to assume they were accepted if they did not do the very necessary work of obtaining the application packets and reading them thoroughly themselves. I would imagine this is one of the reasons the tribal governments are backlogged with so many registration applications. Just recognizing a name on the Dawes is not enough. > > Just my .02 worth... > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com