Susan: Blue is a name that comes across this list from time to time. There should be others on the list researching this name. Have you tried to contact other BLUE researchers in our archives at: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You can type in the surname BLUE and get all the messages with that name included in them. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan <jsdelgato@softcom.net> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Questions about the name Hopiah > > Hi, > > I just began receiving this e-mail this week as a result of a recent > experience that spurred my interest in the Choctaw string of my own > heritage, something I know so little about. I was loving the historical > info and anecdotes that I was reading. If that is now being sent through > another listing, would you please let me know the list so I can continue to > read? > > By the way, all I know of my Choctaw ancestor is the surname Blue and he was > in Louisiana, and probably lived in the northeastern quadrant of the state. > However, my maternal grandmother, who was perhaps 1/8 or less of this > heritage, had the physical Choctaw characteristics. > > Susan > > > Halito All: > > > > The original question is attached. It is clearly > > a genealogical question. That the discussion needed to > > get into history, culture, etc. doesn't change the > > fact that it is being done to answer a genealogical > > question, which if asked on the other site would have > > been referred back to this site. It doesn't make sense > > to chase discussions all over the web, and who would > > do that anyway? It makes more sense that a discussion > > remain where it started. > > As I stated, this is the third time that I have > > been thwarted in pursuing lines of inquiry, and what I > > consider to be important questions about my ancestry > > were not pursued. As in this case, the discussion is > > dropped and the questions will not be answered. So > > what am I doing here? > > I am leaving this list to the purists who are > > watching to make certain that nothing occurs on this > > site but the sterile listing of surnames. > > > > Imafo > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > http://health.yahoo.com > > --0-1590421475-1027881713=:19392 > > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > > > X-Apparently-To: imafo2002@yahoo.com via -40.-120.-83.80; 13 Jul 2002 > 23:41:34 -0700 (PDT) > > X-Track: 1: 100 > > Return-Path: <choctaw-southeast-l-request@rootsweb.com> > > Received: from 207.40.200.41 (EHLO lists5.rootsweb.com) (207.40.200.41) > > by mta628.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Jul 2002 23:41:33 -0700 (PDT) > > Received: (from slist@localhost) > > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id g6E6bk4p031775; > > Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:37:46 -0600 > > Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:37:46 -0600 > > X-Original-Sender: imafo2002@yahoo.com Sun Jul 14 00:37:45 2002 > > Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:37:58 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Richard Wilson <imafo2002@yahoo.com> > > Old-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Questions about the name Hopiah > > Resent-Message-ID: <KvYl8.A.wvH.5wRM9@lists5.rootsweb.com> > > To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-From: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > X-Mailing-List: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/15013 > > X-Loop: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > Precedence: list > > Resent-Sender: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Content-Length: 686 > > > > Halito All: > > > > My gggg-grandfather John Harper who was said to > > have been full blooded Choctaw was sometimes known as > > Johnnie Hopiah. Now I Know the name Hopiah means > > leader and that it would usually be associated with > > another name, such as Humma. As in Hopiah Humma (Red > > Leader) for example. > > I have noticed that the Tubbees, for example, > > seem to be related. Then at some point they used that > > last part of their name as a surname, i.e. Tubbee. So > > I was wondering if the same thing was going on with > > John Harper. That is, that they were using Hopiah as a > > surname for a while and then had to give it up for > > some reason and started using Harper. I also wanted to > > know if all of the Hopiahs could be related, as it > > appears with the Tubbees, and if I could use this as a > > clue in my searches. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely: > > Richard Wilson > > Imafo Hopiah > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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