I don't know if the Oklahoma Choctaw ever did this, but the Cherokee regularly had membership drives (through the 1950's). George Ann >From: Lori0602h@aol.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Choctaw removals >Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:42:15 EDT > >Dusty: > >Thanks for sharing the titles of these books. I will make a point of >reading >them as I'm sure they will provide great insight. > >As for the letter, my grandmother was 5-years old when her father filed >enrollment in 1901. Some of her siblings, who were not born yet, were not >listed in Bannister Allen's case file. Therefore, something had to happen >after the 1902 rejection for them to have received the letter. I assume, >but >do not know for certain, exactly when the letter was received and from >where. > My grandmother died in Chicago in 1974. One of her nieces is still >alive. >She knows that her mother, who had not yet been born in 1901, had received >one of the letters I'm referring to. I hope you can understand my >hesitation >and my need to know. > >Again, thanks for the titles. > >Lori > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx