Todd, Do you know of any books in particular that cover this topic in a factual way? This missing information is very frustrating to those of us who are trying to find it, I know there are a lot of us. It seems like the answers we are likely to find lie in the history books (the story in general) and as you point out names were changed and the cover up was successful. Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:27 PM Subject: [MDGARRET] Indian Blood > In my family (Descended from Joseph Warnick) there were always stories > of > Indian blood but no one could prove it. One has to remember that until > recently anyone who was less than white was considered a non person and so > the > descendents of the original east coast Indians married into white families > and > assimilated to rise in social class and acceptence. I believe that about > 90% of > the old families which reach back to the 18th century have Indian blood. > Not all > of the tribes moved west or died out but many married into white families. > THey often took very common English names so you can't trace them by the > names > and the fact that they were Indian or halfbreed was covered up. There was > even > a movement to call people with darker skin a free person of color and with > that deny them the right to vote. THis is the untold story of a large > population > of the Appalachian Mountain people. I can remember kids that I grew up > with > who had no connections to any dark skinned mediterreneans who had dark > hair and > dark eyes but very English sounding names and that was in PA just over the > WV > line in Greene Co. I am sure that they must have had Indian blood in their > make up. Todd > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the > web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > >

You know, there's a book called Indian Blood, long out of print. It's about Garrett County people, especially those who had some Indian Blood. The author of this book is deceased. Her family will not allow any reprints of the book. Connie