In a message dated 7/31/2004 5:36:11 PM Central Standard Time, jgreece@earthlink.net writes: I am very please to announce that I have uploaded information that will be very helpful and interesting to anyone who is reasearching their Cherokee heritage. These AMERICAN STATE PAPERS are documents by, for & about the Cherokee beginning in 1792. For now we have volume one completed and working on volume two. I have extracted most documents pertinent to the Cherokee although the complete volume covers many other tribes. They are located at www.rootsweb.com/~tnpolk2 behind RECORDS---under "C" for Cherokee Joyce Gaston Reece For anyone who wants more information, the web link to the US Serial Set, American State Papers, and other Congressional documents is the Century of Lawmaking site at: _http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html_ (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html) Of particular interest for those interested in the "emigration" of the Cherokee are the US Serial Set, specificially in the papers of the 23rd Congress. For general genealogical interests, the 23rd Congress also published a list of Pensioners of the US Government broken down by state. This site is well put together and informative from both a historical and genealogical perspective. Please note that the Serial Set is so extensive that the LOC has informed me that they do not plan on putting all of it on-line. Enjoy it and please note that the government can spend our tax dollars wisely!!! Best of wishes, Billy