At 08:35 AM 07/31/1999 -0700, Clydie Russell wrote: >My G> grandmother had these letters after her name (not part of her >name) C. F. Does any one know what they mean? My father said she was >Seminole , my cousin said her family always said she was Cherokee. She >was Indian for sure but I don't know which tribe. She married John >Ponchier in the late 1700s or early 1800s. Only guessing because of >ages of my grandmother Susan Ponchier born 1842. Any help would be >greatly appreciated. Always Clydie D. Russell You do not say in which record your great-grandmother was found with these letters, but the most likely guess would be Cherokee, Chicasaw or Choctaw Freedman. I very much doubt that she married in the late 1700's and gave birth to your grandmother in 1842, you should be looking for a marriage in the 1815-1845 timeframe. Henry Sandhurst hsandhurst@genealogy-quest.com Genealogy Quest http://www.genealogy-quest.com