Halito All: I am quite discouraged now. This is the third time on this list when it seemed I was beginning to make some progress and ran into a roadblock. Now the discussion has ended and I am left without a way to discover the answer to the question about my "ancestors". I have been studying my family for several years now and I think I have a lot to offer, but I would also like some benefit as well. I can tell you that I have found it necessary to study Choctaw history, culture and contemporary conditions, politics etc. I have also found it necessary to study the history of other tribes and the history of the American Indian in general. After all, you are studying your family through time which affects them, their culture and their "genealogy". As in the case of John Harper (Hopiah), Hopiah became a surname and then was changed to Harper. One cannot find one's roots without first discovering the historical roots. Our ancestors did not live in a vacuum. In this case the roots of the name Hopiah. This is now three times that I was thwarted in a line of inquiry and I must begin to ask if I am at the point of diminishing returns. As soon as it appears that I am getting close to an answer someone throws up a road block and the topic is not to be discussed again. Well apparently I must have gotten on the wrong list. imafo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com