TruBess@aol.com said: . "Not neccesarly <listed by their married names>. Some keep their maiden, or so says the Native Americans I worked with." -- Bessie ~~ Bessie- Different tribes have had different traditions at various times in history. But this person was speaking specifically about the Guion Miller Roll and 1907/09 era That roll was exclusively Cherokee, and at that time in history the women were listed by their married names. In the many years that I have worked in these records, I have never seen them shown by anything other than their married name. Can you give me a specific example (roll and application number) of one being shown otherwise? Jerri Chasteen ~~~