Thanks Dusty, for passing this on. I joined this list yesterday and have recently started looking at names in my family as possible indian names. Does anyone have information on these names. Penatha, Pernina and Simantha, I believe are sisters b. in MS around 1832-1838. I believe their maiden names are Leonard. They married Carters and relatives of Carters. Another Carter relative, b. 1808 named his daughters Permelia and Parthenia. He was from Clarke County AL and I believe the daughters were b. in Union Parish LA. Thank you for your time, Sandra Carter Van Wyk ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST] New Mississippi Records Available > ToAll: > > Yesterday I received a message through another list that a huge collection > of private manuscripts, letters, deeds, bills and copies of court records > entitled the "Natchez Trace Small Manuscript Collection" has been sold by > a private Mississippi collector to the University of Texas at Austin. I > was told that the Mississippi State Archives personnel were quite upset > that they could not afford to purchase this collection, which took many > 18-wheeler trucks to move it to the Austin university library. Anyone > investigating their Choctaw (and other) ancestors in Mississippi, Alabama > or anywhere along the Natchez Trace may benefit from this collection newly > made available to the public. The Natchez Trace was an ancient trail used > by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and other Indians. It runs 440 miles > connecting the southern portions of the Mississippi River Delta to salt > licks in today's central Tennessee. "The Natchez Trace experienced its > heaviest use from 1785 to 1820 by th! > e "Kaintuck" boatmen that floated the Ohio and Miss. Rivers to markets in > Natchez and New Orleans. They sold their cargo and boats and began the > trek back north enroute to Nashville and points beyond. It was (and still > is) a significant historical trail through Miss., Ala. and Tenn." that was > originally a prehistoric buffalo trail. I've seen some places where this > trail is worn down as much as 20 feet into the ground. It's a fascinating > place to visit for those interested in archeology and paleontology. > > In glancing at the list of papers, letters, etc. in this collection I see > many surnames that were connected to the early Choctaws. You can access > an index of these surnames at: > > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00140/cah-00140.html#a23 > > dusty > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message