>Diane wrote: "<snip> I have family members listed on the Choctaw >marriage list and still can't find them on any Choctaw census, etc. Do >they have to be Choctaw to get on that marriage list." > >Answer?-- "usually, -- but not always"! Have you checked the 1900 US >census of Indian >Territory? If they were Indian, they will be listed on a special form >and it will show who the >blood came from ("mother" or "father") and what tribe. > >Special note: there were a number of Chickasaws who were adopted into >the Choctaw >Tribe when the two tribes separated their lands (about 1860). If a >member of either tribe >was living on land that was assigned to the other tribe and didn't want >to move to their own >tribal lands and start over again, then the tribes agreed that the other >tribe would simply >adopt them! This "could" be the reason that you cannot find them in the >Choctaw records-- they may be shown on earlier records as Chickasaw! > >jc Jerri, you said usually but not always. What would be the case to be "not always". Why would they be on the Choctaw Marriage List ??? This could apply to myself, as I found 4 of my maternal side on the choctaw marriage list, but still cannot find them on the census. A couple of years ago, you advise me to start with the census, but still have had no luck. I know where they were but cannot find them on the census. Thanks for the advice you gave to Diane as it may be a clue for me too. Bonnie