Wow! My grandmother's maiden name may have been Hedges, and according to one census she was born in Illinois. I have seen one book that stated there was a colony of Choctaw in Illinois. George Ann >From: AhSweet1@aol.com >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] Rogers >Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 16:02:51 EDT > >Gentledoe317, > I don't have a Rogers in my family line, but if it helps you - so >many >people are in your situation. I was always told my grandfather(Marcus >Hedges) >was from Hannibal, Missouri. After I got a copy of his application for his >social security card, it said Illinois. So researching Illinois census I >found more information. I did discover Hannibal, Missouri is only a few >hundred miles from Illinois......maybe he was born in Missouri and raised >in >Illinois or vice-versa. > > Carol > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== >Need more CHOCTAW information?? Try Rusty Lang's website at >http://www.choctaw-web.com for censuses, genealogy lessons, articles, etc. > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com