No name to this so I will assume you are Lois. Hate to write to a guy with the name of Lois posted . ha Anyway. To answer your question, Use your browser and type in Indian Trader an dread about the 4th entry that comes up. You will ahve to dig deep to get to the good parts and also most important is. I use GOOGLE.com for this search. Didn't get the info i wanted from other search engines. Have fun, I did and had good laughs too. Good question. Hope you find your people that you don't know anything about. That's what makes this so much fun. Best of luck to all. ole Bob in Panama City, Florida Please tell us where to find this book. I saw at least three of the names I am researching in the list. What areas were the Traders in? Some of the surmames that i am researching are: POWELL, WHITE, BERRY,DOOLEY, TURLEY, LAMBERT, PLUNKETT, SMITH, HAMILITON myself <bobandgwen2@comcast.net> wrote: Indian Traders, I feel this may help you in finding your unknown Sur name. I found one of my family that was unknoown to anyone but, This guy had not traded to others within the boundries of said documents and therefore, BANG. Tis a bit sad to go that way. Please hava look-see ole Bob Journals of the Commissioners of the Indian Trade, 1710-1718; Documents Relating to Indian Affairs 1750-1754; and Documents Relating to Indian Affairs 1754-1765 contain the following non-Indian surnames. These books are fully indexed, and do include first and last name (unless first name unavailable). The names listed represent a full range of activities from, for example, an obscure sole listing as a deed witness, to multiple listings of traders, interpreters, militiamen, etc. Abraham, Acosta, Adair, Adams, Adamson, Addison, Aiken, Alexander, Alford, Allcorn, Allein, Allen, Alline, Als! hinars, A Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now