Dear List , Someone once told me in a teachers education course that I took that there are no stupid questions only stupid persons . Thanks to Jerri Chasteen 3 years ago and the work she did in locating two private cemeteries , giving the locations and directions we were able to complete our Cherokee genealogy back to Amatoy Matoy 1640 . When we made the trip to visit those cemeteries we discovered first cousins that we knew nothing about. My husband lost 3 family members both parents ,before he was 5 years old and was raised by various elderly relatives. All of his life he has mourned his lack of family rootedness . Thank you Jerri , the information you gave us so very graciously and freely enabled us to reestablish long lost and extended family connections. We started our search for my husbands roots 3 years ago with a family bible and one cherokee roll # . My husbands deceased mother wrote down on a loose sheet in her bible the names of her maternal grandmothers ,not grandfathers ,back 4 generations.Fortunately for us those names appeared on most of the existing Cherokee rolls.But this would not have been possible without the help of persons like Jerri Chasteen and other volunteers who gave us our first critical information. Jerri , I salute you , Nell Coats [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 2/11/01 4:56:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I also think that Jerri does a great job and helps a lot of people; however, > there are some that she blasts, like me and not because of any Dna stuff. I > am new at this and so I don't know what might be offfensive. I asked what > Scatchwah meant because it is a word that is connected with my ggggrandmother > Elizabeth Driggers. It is even on her grave marker. I just wanted to know > what it means. I believe that my gggrandmother was Walkinghorse who was known > as Martha Jane Carmon. I just want to know what tribe or nation this name may > have origninated from so that I might look on some Indian Rolls to see if I > can find any of these my ancestors. Strong emotions, heart & soul issues are > not something that any one race owns except for the human race. Since I can > remember, I have been called by a longing to know. I was accused of just > wanting to get my hands on Indian Land or other such sinister motives. Come > on, just think about it. After several e-mails back and forth I eventually > was called a 'thinblood' by Jerri & basically a hopless case that needs to > just go away. I know that human beings go through many things and we need to > extend patience & long suffering toward one another. I still would appreciate > hearing from anyone that might be able to point me in the right direction. > Blessings, suzanne > > I TOTALLY agree with Douglas and Jerri. She spends much time and energy on > > > this site, with giving all of us needed help. Please.. enough is enough! > > If you don't want to read what is posted or it bothers you that much, use > > the delete key or unsubscribe. Stop the attacking!! > > Vickie > > > > > > ==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== > For full instructions to subscribe, unsubscribe and list rules, click on > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html > To send an e-mail to the list owner: [email protected]