Bob....... Don't cancel this group......its worth staying on. Since I am one who responds to her comments, I will refrain from doing so on the group. I'd rather "ignore" one then lose another long time member :) Alli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert H Appleby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:02 PM Subject: [CherokeeGene] Cherokee Heritage > Folks, > > My great-great grandmother was supposedly full blood Cherokee (name of > Jane Young). She married at Ritter and lived in MS and other Southern > States, and after she died her offspring applied for membership in the > Cherokee Nation in 1895. The applications was denied due to the fact that > they had not lived in IT for 5 years. On the application several > witnesses claimed that Jane Young was full blood Cherokee, and the photos > that I have of her daughter, my great-grandmother, certainly look to have > indian characteristics. Our oral history is that she was full blood > Cherokee, and the Application supports that. However, my research has > failed to verify any parental relations of Jane Young. Therefore, I am > continuing to look for information that will substantiate the information > contained on the Application. > > Until lately, I have been happy with the dialog that is on this list > serve. However, I have come to the conclusion that a certain Barbara > Gordon-Lanto is not furthering this dialog. She is constantly refusing to > reference where that information is from, and insist on having her private > information remain private and get incensed when one questions whether her > information is accurate. If she continues to promote multiple response > with little additional information, I am going to be forced to cancel my > membership in this list serve,, because the multiple responses are > becoming too much of an added burden with all the other genealogical > emails I receive. > > Many thanks to all of the other responders who recognize that not all of > us are experts, nor have been studying this area for a very long time. > > Happy New Year to all. > > Robert H Appleby (Bob) > 207 Watts St > Durham, NC 27701-2036 > 919-682-8902 > [email protected] > > > > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > Cherokee genealogy; topic specific certain conversation is allowed to do > genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > please take non genealogy to [email protected] > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message