> Any help on determining a half or full Indian on census or was that > unheard of? Any other clues to finding an Indian before 1880? > Would have to be possibly in 1850s 1860s generations. gggrp. > > "Dena" <dena@dbnetmall.com> Dena, Do you have any clue as to what tribe they might have been? My ancestors had to answer questions on the 1900 census stating their degree of Indian blood, the tribe, and whether they lived in a teepee! There were separate census rolls of various Indian tribes taken in the earlier time span you're looking at. My experience is with the Cherokee, and for example there are microfilms of the following Indian censuses or "Rolls": Siler Roll of 1851 listing Cherokee living in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, Drennan Roll 1852 listing 14,000 Indians in Oklahoma following the Trail of Tears Dawes Roll of 1898-1914 which is used today to determine eligibility for membership in the Cherokee tribe. This is just a sampling, there are even more Indian census rolls. The Dawes Roll is indexed and online through Ancestry.com. Many of these rolls are available through the National Archives on microfilm. I would also check www.familysearch.org to see which films you could obtain at your local Family History Center. The book The Source edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Luebking has an entire chapter on tracking Native American family history with tips on various tribes. Melanie Greenberg Naperville, IL "Melanie Greenberg" <mgreenberg@wideopenwest.com>