Family legend is that Henrietta was from "the reservation" or from Carthage, Ms. She married David Monroe Holt 1873 in Warren Co., Ms. She was not buried in Vicksburg City Cemetery, as was her husband, and it has been speculated that she may have been interred on the reservation. During a recent visit to the reservation at Philadelphia, Ms., I was told that if her name was Alexander, she would not have been buried in any of the res's cemeteries. How do I go about tracing her parents, etc., when I have no idea of their Native American names? Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. [email protected]

Many Choctaw at that time had European names. However many of them had Choctaw names as well and Choctaw names exclusively. This is what makes our task so difficult. One of the first things you should do is to check your surnames against some of the surname web sites and you might discover that someone has already done most of the work for you. You can check the census Images and that might also give you clues. Imafo. [email protected] wrote: Family legend is that Henrietta was from "the reservation" or from Carthage, Ms. She married David Monroe Holt 1873 in Warren Co., Ms. She was not buried in Vicksburg City Cemetery, as was her husband, and it has been speculated that she may have been interred on the reservation. During a recent visit to the reservation at Philadelphia, Ms., I was told that if her name was Alexander, she would not have been buried in any of the res's cemeteries. How do I go about tracing her parents, etc., when I have no idea of their Native American names? Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. [email protected] ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.