I am new to this list so I hope I don't make a mistake in my posting. I am looking for information on my grandfather's grandmother, Elizabeth Matilda or Matilda Elizabeth Shore. She ws born in Guntersville Alabama in 1862. Grandpa always said she was a full blood Cherokee but after he and Grandma passed away I found Grandma's address book that said she was 1/2 and her mother was the full blood. If I am reading the writing right is said Schultz for her mother's name. I remember a MAttie Schultz somewhere in there but can't get to my files after they were moved to teh new computer. She married Isaac Watts in Scott County Arkansas and had afew children, including Frances Melvina Watts my great grandmother. Melvina was born 01/11/1889 in Scott County. She married Thomas Henry Chappell around 1906 and they had 2 children in Scott County, with the first being registered at birth as Cherokee and possible the second. Sometiem around 1910 they moved to Okalahoma where they had 12 more children, Grandpa being #10 of 14 born in 1923. The rest of the children were never registered. Grandpa tried to register on a family trip to Oklahoma but he needed his birth certificate, which was home in New York. I have searched all over and foudn very few mentions of Elizabeth. I tried looking at all of the official rolls but the onkly Elizabeth Watts I found, while the right age, didn;t seem to be her. I am not sure why her family was still in Alabama in 1862 if the removal happened earlier and I think that's why I can't find them. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. I live in Northern New York so I am unable to travel to Oklahoma to find what I need right now and so far I haven't found any addresses to write for more information. Grandpa never said where his brother was registered but I am assuming it was in Arkansas. Melissa