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/5R.2ADI/10.26.2 Message Board Post: to whom it may concern. We are in hopes of finding Cherokee or creek ancestory . My father born in Oklahoma remembers seeing pictures of "indian " relative. he is elderly and cannot remember details. My great aunt Esmar Stokes told me we were Indian and don't let anyone tell you different. Please check to see if any names appear in your records. John Hendricks Mayes B1828 D1864, Elizabeth Mayes, Nancy Butts Mayes,Charles Thomas Stokes. Any help would go a long way to honor my relations that held it special to be Indian. Brett Stokes