I know this is not genealogy, but I am so proud of her....... If you get the Choctaw paper "BISHINIK" you can see a picture of my daughter Lacey Jones on page 4 of the December Issue under the heading "Lacey Jones wins TJRA championship belt buckle" Ok I'll add some genealogy......... Obituaries from the December Issue (If you are interested in the complete obit, let me know) This paper covers Choctaws from all over the world, but most are from Oklahoma. Everett Washington Margaret Virginia Garland Wilson Minnie Minerva Thompson Nubby Juanita Baker Syrena Folsom Cormican Alene L. Perkins Tucker Benjamin Harrison Melton Stella Mae Anderson Densel Smith Vann Etta Buff If you have Choctaw ancestors that had the surname JONES please visit my Choctaw site at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treetop/jones.html Tammy Dice Jones wjones@texhoma.net

My grandmother, Josie DeLoach(Choctaw) married my grandfather Marcus Nelson Hedges. She died in 1925 and had six children. I am just trying to find information on my grandfather even tho as far as we know he wasn't Choctaw. Anyone have any suggestion? No one knows where she was buried or exact date of her death except year and in Oklahoma. Carol

Based on my very few Choctaw lessons, I would say (substituting English words where possible): knit ock whole oh CHEE toe nah YUP pah I'm a beginner, so I'm certainly open to correction. Beverly >> Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUPPA >> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:40:47 EST >> From: DDJH52@cs.com >> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com >> >> [Unable to display image] [Unable to >> display image] [Unable to display image] >> Hi, >> >> Thanks, I would also like to know the correct pronunciation. >>

"NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUPPA" I too would love to hear the words. gFaye <><><><><><><> CHOCTAW-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > CHOCTAW-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 87 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CHOCTAW] NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUP [Kanilea16@aol.com] > #2 Re: [CHOCTAW] NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA [DDJH52@cs.com] > #3 [CHOCTAW] Gardners [PELR@aol.com] > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [CHOCTAW] NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUPPA > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:20:07 EST > From: Kanilea16@aol.com > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com > > Digest V99 #86 Thank you for the Choctaw way to say Merry Christmas. Can > you explain how to pronounce the words??? > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUPPA > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:40:47 EST > From: DDJH52@cs.com > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com > > [Unable to display image] [Unable to > display image] [Unable to display image] > Hi, > > Thanks, I would also like to know the correct pronunciation. > > Thanks Again > > Happy Holidays > > David > > ______________________________ > >

Currently not a subscriber, so forwarding it to the list. If you can help, please respond to their email. Thanks Jacque ----- Original Message ----- From: <Beondi@aol.com> To: <hopkinsj@ida.net> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 8:49 AM Subject: looking for possible link > My great grandmother was indian, born in Licking, Missouri in 1861. Mary > Melissa Jane Prewitt Married Hamilton Kiggins Smith in 1880 in Houston, > Missouri. My grandmother Margaret Emily Addie Smith Spangler b. Aug 14, 1894 > in Montague, Texas. The family history says she was one of three tribes > (Cherokee, Chocktaw, or Creek) but the records were burnt in a courthouse > fire. She later lived in Gray, Oklahoma. She received mineral rights to > some land in Oklahoma. Do you know any way to check if she was on the > chocktaw list. Also her Brother William Levi Smith born 1881 in Missouri, > was said to be registered. I have a feeling that she is Chocktaw. thanks, > Beondi Spangler Ehrgott, of Spokane, Washington >

and a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU JACQUE and all our thanks for all your help-----ewaller@tyler.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacque Hopkins Wolski <hopkinsj@ida.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 11:41 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] Gone for the holidays! > Merry Christmas everyone! > > I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be gone for the holidays, Dec > 24 - Dec 31, I hope. Hopefully, the weather in SLC or Idaho Falls won't > prevent me from coming home before the new year. I will probably get back > to tons of email, but I hope to see where all of you, on this list, have > made a connection with each other or news that you have made a connection > somewhere in your research. That is my Christmas wish to each of you. > Good luck. > > Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, successful New > Year! > > Jacque Hopkins Wolski > hopkinsj@ida.net > Pushmataha County Coordinator web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/PushCo.html > My personal family web site at: > http://www.maxpages.com/mygenroots > 'Last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent > all my money.' > ICQ # 21576780 > Listowner of OKPUSHMA-L and CHOCTAW-L mailing lists. > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Native American Ancestors in > Pushmataha County, Oklahoma? > Have a look -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/ > >

Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be gone for the holidays, Dec 24 - Dec 31, I hope. Hopefully, the weather in SLC or Idaho Falls won't prevent me from coming home before the new year. I will probably get back to tons of email, but I hope to see where all of you, on this list, have made a connection with each other or news that you have made a connection somewhere in your research. That is my Christmas wish to each of you. Good luck. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, successful New Year! Jacque Hopkins Wolski hopkinsj@ida.net Pushmataha County Coordinator web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/PushCo.html My personal family web site at: http://www.maxpages.com/mygenroots 'Last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent all my money.' ICQ # 21576780 Listowner of OKPUSHMA-L and CHOCTAW-L mailing lists.

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I am looking for any information on Rainey, who live in Arkansas, Missouri or Oklahoma. This is my first try at this, any help would be appreciated. Happy Holidays Thanks David

Looking for any information on the descendants or ancestors of a Senior Gardner and his unk. Choctaw wife. The five Gardner brothers came across from Mississippi to Indian Terr. on the trail of tears .The children of Senior Gardner are Noel b.1822 Married Henrietta Leflore 1846 Edmond wife unk. had two children Robert and Dixon Isaac b.1796 d.1859 married Rebecca Johnson Jeremiah b. 1795 d.1854 married Sarah Hall James b.1787; dDec. 15,1841 wife was Margaret ? Daughter of senior Gardner married William Harrison Daughter of senior Gardner married Gore Daughter of senior Gardner married Joel Nail thank you for any help Paul

[Unable to display image] [Unable to display image] [Unable to display image] Hi, Thanks, I would also like to know the correct pronunciation. Thanks Again Happy Holidays David

Digest V99 #86 Thank you for the Choctaw way to say Merry Christmas. Can you explain how to pronounce the words???

Hello, I would appreciate knowing how to say Merry Christmas in Choctaw, and other Native American languages. Thank you! Yours, David, on the central coast, California, USA

Christmas in Choctaw====NITAK HOLLO CHITO or NITAK HOLATOPA YUKPA is word for happy or merry ,,,pronounced YUPPA I would say NITAK HOLLO CHITO NA YUPPA or just NITAK HOLLO CHITO YUPPA -----Original Message----- From: David Paul Meyer <ancestralgenie@bigfoot.com> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 4:52 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] Translations >Hello, >I would appreciate knowing how to say Merry Christmas in >Choctaw, and other Native American languages. >Thank you! >Yours, >David, on the central coast, California, USA > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -- >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma >

Okay, I promise that this is the only time this year that I will make a plea on behalf of our sponsor..... Personally, I have benefited in many ways by RootsWeb and the multitude of services provided all researchers. Please consider becoming a sponsor at whatever level you can work into your budget. I am a rootsweb plus donor, contributing only $10.00 a month. I feel that was an amount I could afford at a monthly cost considering that some things cost us more. Jacque List manager *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (from the CEO>>>) o Has RootsWeb helped you this year? If so, please contribute to its support. Only 25,000 of RootsWeb's 1.7 million monthly users, fewer than two percent, contribute financially to RootsWeb. During this holiday season, help us pass on to others the kind of benefits you have received. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Mailing address: RootsWeb.com, Inc., P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please write your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks.) When you become a RootsWeb contributor or upgrade to the $24/year level you gain access to RootsWeb's new Personalized Mailing List. PML http://pml.rootsweb.com/ allows you to enter multiple complex search terms and receive daily notification by e-mail of any new post that matches those search terms on any of RootsWeb's nearly 15,000 archived mailing lists, 140,000 message boards, and 770,000 RootsWeb Surname List (RSL) entries. This magnificent tool is RootsWeb's "thank you" to its financial contributors. Jacque Hopkins Wolski hopkinsj@ida.net Pushmataha County Coordinator web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/PushCo.html My personal family web site at: http://www.maxpages.com/mygenroots 'Last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent all my money.' ICQ # 21576780 Listowner of OKPUSHMA-L and CHOCTAW-L mailing lists.

Forty-niner headstones are turning up in backyards in Sacramento, CA. They were from the cemetery at Sutter's Fort which was relocated in 1956. Apparently the City didn't bother with keeping the graves and headstones together and people just took the headstones for yard decorations. These are some of them that have shown up to date: Willie H. Baker - a 2 year old child who died on June 6, 1860 Rufus J. Smith who died at 33 on January 2, 1863 Nathaniel Hurst who died at 30 oin May 25, 1869 Names on other stones that have shown up include Leah Lowell, Frank LaBare, K. Tsugawa, Johnson Beal, L. S. Brown, John W. Innis and Myron H. Blue. There is a photo of one of the stones in the paper that looks like it may be for Leah Lowell above and shows the date as April __, 1880 and her age is 76 yrs. __mos. and 20 days. The graves that John Sutter called the "Fort Burying Ground" were for deceased miners and Native Americans. They started using this location as a cemetery in the 1840's. There were about 4,600 or 5,000 or so remains that were exhumed from the New Helvetia site that were unidentified. The 423 remains that could be identified were moved to the Historic City Cemetery. If you find this on more than one list, I've decided to post it as often as possible in the event that someone is looking for one of these names. Happy Holidays Sylvia Sacramento

Thank Nalora, We appreciate your help. No matter how much or how little experience we have a new situation appears. I used to complain about finding Indians in Indian Territory but this Frank M. Stone slips by us with the speed of greased lightning. I am only thinkful that my father's folks kept better books than did the Stones or I would still be looking for my Choctaw Ancestors. Thanks again Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nalora" <vashti@theshop.net> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] How are McCurtain Co. Census listed > At 11:48 AM 12/10/99 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi to all, > > > >I have been asked how McCurtain County Census are listed. At the F.H.C. > the girl could only pull up the Choctaw Indian Reservation. What was she > doing wrong? We need a 1900 to 1910 Census for McCurtain County. Is there a > special way for the census to be pulled up on the Computer. And, Jacque in > Idaho we really need your help also because of your experience with > ancestors in McCurtain Count! Hey we want anybody's experiences that will > get us what we need. This time we after the white folks!!! That's odd for > me! But, I am after the Stones of McCurtain County Oklahoma and Polk County > Arkansas.Should have we been looking for Indian Territory? > > McCurtain County is in the Indian Territory 1900 Census. There is a soundex > for this census. I would start there. > > > Nalora > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

I have to apologize to everyone waiting for transcriptions, or who have asked me directly for information in Missouri or Oklahoma. After finishing stripping, sanding and refinishing my dining room floor (it looks wonderful, btw) It was time to break out the cookie sheets and begin my holiday baking. I bake cookies and candies for approximately 14 days in December, so that I can keep the holiday tradition my grandmother, and my mother (both now deceased) started before me. I mail and give out about 20 baskets of goodies each year, and it is a pretty big job. (But done with love, which is the best gift of the holiday in my opinion) Anyway, to make a long story short, I will begin transcribing again after the holidays. May yours be especially blessed this year. Nalora

At 11:48 AM 12/10/99 -0600, you wrote: >Hi to all, > >I have been asked how McCurtain County Census are listed. At the F.H.C. the girl could only pull up the Choctaw Indian Reservation. What was she doing wrong? We need a 1900 to 1910 Census for McCurtain County. Is there a special way for the census to be pulled up on the Computer. And, Jacque in Idaho we really need your help also because of your experience with ancestors in McCurtain Count! Hey we want anybody's experiences that will get us what we need. This time we after the white folks!!! That's odd for me! But, I am after the Stones of McCurtain County Oklahoma and Polk County Arkansas.Should have we been looking for Indian Territory? McCurtain County is in the Indian Territory 1900 Census. There is a soundex for this census. I would start there. Nalora

We are trying to trace my Great Grandfather Frank M. Stone. We have the births of twins in 1887(one is my Grantfather)in Polk County, Arkansas to the approximate date of death Julie Milligan (the twins mother), finally we have my Aunt Ellen saying that Frank died in Broken Bow. The strangest things have happened to us in our research. When we get to Frank M. Stone our research will take us around him. Like for instance. We found the grandfather of our grandfather was buried outside of Wickes, Arkansas. The dates and photos are the same from the Historical Society as I have in my photo collection at home. We have even found our Great Grandmother but nothing about Frank M. and Julie Milligan Stone. They are the parents that was named in my Grandfather Stone's SS Application. We got lucky and found Julie Milligan Stone and the history of her family backward. She died in childbirth in the early 1900's. This fits in with my oral family history. But, to go forward and learn of where Frank and Julie's children were born and their names except for the boys we know nothing. We would even like to know if he got married a second time and had another family. If we find living relatives and they were researching the family history, we would like to share with them. The only way that we can think of is to try to find Frank M. Stone with a family or without is by going to the Census for McCurtain Co., I.T., to Wickes, Arkansas, to the Northeastern Texas. Of Frank we have no photo that we know of. There is one mystery photo of a Stone Ancestor there is nothing to identify him or his location on the photo. Any way Julie Milligan Stone's family are all from McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Thanks for you help Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: <LBCane@aol.com> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 2:39 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] McCurtain County > Exactly what are your looking for in the McCurtain County, Census? > LBCane@aol.com let me know..I might be able to help... > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list possible. RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >