This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IMJ.2ACEB/2212 Message Board Post: I was wondering if anyone could tell me where to look, I have my Great-grandmothers roll number 89620 Annie Cochran, She had one son Lewis (Louis) Eaton which had my father Walter Eaton, then there is us. Louis and Betsy Cochran are Annie's parents. There that is my history. Now for my question and a little more background I can't find Annie anywhere except the Dawes rolls. My grandfather Lewis (Louis) was born in 1913 according to the 1920 census he is born in Lee's Creek Arknasas living with his Annie's Parents. I was able to obtain a delayed Oklahoma birth certificate stating he was born in Stillwell, Ok. So greatful of having something with his signature. Reason for being so greatful, something of my grandfather that I didn't have any connection with, he passed away when I was 8 and my father didn't know about him, he left my father when he was 6 months old. Here is where it gets strange, my grandfather didn't apply for a copy of his card until 6 years after his death. Annie was a original allotee, her land is in someone else's name, no record of the restriction ever being lifted, or even being sold. (field solicitor's office in Tulsa, BIA, and Cherokee nation). I am looking for something that will help me find something of her, to get a date of death, time frame when alive, anything. I have talked to the Cochrans in Stillwell, none of them know who Annie is. My father passed away in 1996 and this was something that always bothered him, he wanted to know his cherokee side, what clan are we? Question, how do I find a Ghost or a Piece of the Past? I guess family means so much to me because I never had half of it. The Eaton family side (white) didn't even know we existed. They don't know who Annie is, but he did marry someone named Anna. No son ever mentioned. Thank you for your patience and listening to my ramblings... Cyndi Crews