In a message dated 7/28/2002 6:44:59 PM Central Daylight Time, mmullen8014@mchsi.com writes: > That is all I know about my Indian ancestry. If anyone can tell me more > about the Batiste family, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Merritt D. Mullen > Ridgecrest, CA > mmullen8014@mchsi.com > Hello Merritt, It seems you have got quite a lot to go on already. The southern district of the Choctaw nation was that closest to Mobile and Batiste is obviously a French name from when the French governed area from Mobile to New Orleans. It could have also been a corruption of the name Baptiste of which you will find many in the Sacramental records of either the Diocese of Mobile or the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It is very possible that the marriage between your ancestor Nancy Batiste and Moses McLemore was not Nancy's first marriage. She may have been married to a Batiste (Baptiste) previously and as was often the case back then, her first husband died, perhaps in battle, perhaps from disease, and, especially if she had children, she married again. If you can you may wish to make some inquiries about Batiste's / Baptiste's in the Sacramental Records of Mobile and New Orleans. You know things like the recordings of marriages and baptisms and funerals. If I run across anything that I think may be along the lines of what you are looking for I'll surely post it on this site. John Craven New Orleans