This show is coming up in the Bay Area on Aug 4 at 9:00pm Talk about geneological search source material. I thought we all could check it out. Wado, Mary Jean History Detectives tackle these new cases in the fourth episode of the 2005 season. The Detectives: Gwen Wright, Elyse Luray The Place: Austin, Texas The Case: A Texan of Cherokee descent inherits a mysterious bible from her father. Having grown up speaking only English, she is intrigued by what appears to be Cherokee writing in the bible, and wants to learn more about her own family's history. This native language was "invented" by a Cherokee Indian named Sequoia in the early 1800s in a desperate effort to win the respect of the U.S. authorities for his people. While Sequoia succeeded in establishing literacy rates far in excess of the encroaching white settlers, the Cherokee were ultimately forced to march on the infamous "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. History Detectives learns more about one of the most tragic events in U. S. history as they head to Oklahoma and Tennessee to tackle the genealogical mystery behind our contributor's bible.

Sounds like an interesting program to watch, but there's no station listed. Is it TNT, History Channel, PBS ? Alli On 7/25/05, mrobertson@sftc.org <mrobertson@sftc.org> wrote: > > This show is coming up in the Bay Area on Aug 4 at 9:00pm > Talk about geneological search source material. I thought we all could > check it out. Wado, Mary Jean > History Detectives tackle these new cases in the fourth episode of the > 2005 > season. > > The Detectives: Gwen Wright, Elyse Luray > The Place: Austin, Texas > The Case: A Texan of Cherokee descent inherits a mysterious bible from her > father. Having grown up speaking only English, she is intrigued by what > appears to be Cherokee writing in the bible, and wants to learn more about > her own family's history. This native language was "invented" by a > Cherokee > Indian named Sequoia in the early 1800s in a desperate effort to win the > respect of the U.S. authorities for his people. While Sequoia succeeded in > establishing literacy rates far in excess of the encroaching white > settlers, > the Cherokee were ultimately forced to march on the infamous "Trail of > Tears" to Oklahoma. > History Detectives learns more about one of the most tragic events in U. > S. > history as they head to Oklahoma and Tennessee to tackle the genealogical > mystery behind our contributor's bible. > > > > > ==== 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 > > -- U.B.A.H. Indep.children's Educational Consultant www.ubah.com/D1525 <http://www.ubah.com/D1525> http://alli.cyberwize.com