Babs: Thanks for the information. I had no idea where tostart. When I am in Gallup later this year will give it a try. Thank again. Liz Freeman > As you probably already know, the capitol of the Navajo Nation is in Window > Rock,AZ, approximately 20 miles from Gallup. I would check with the > census or department of vital records. They have all the offices you would > expect of a country or state government, being an independent nation. They > may have some knowledge of him, but can surely interpret his name. > Babs Shelton > > >I am researching an individual by the name of Frank Porter CASNER > (b.4-29-1884 TX dd10-12-1963 Los Lunas, Valencia Co., NM). Family > tradition says he had six children; that Frank was arodeo rider; and that > he was an interpreter for the Navajo Nation that had nammed him > Sit-na-guy-sozi. > > > >Question: > > > >With this limited information, can someone tell me how to go about > researching whether he was an interpreter for the Navajo Nation and to find > out what "Sit-na-guy-sozi" might mean? I plan to be in NM later this year > (Gallup, Alburquerque, Santa Fe and points inbetween) and hope to be able > to explore this further. > > > >Thanks for any information. > > > > > > > > > >==== NEW-MEXICO Mailing List ==== > >NEW-MEXICO-L@rootsweb.com > >LIST ADM. Patricia L. Hall > >phhgene@aol.com > > > >============================== > >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > > > > ==== NEW-MEXICO Mailing List ==== > NEW-MEXICO-L@rootsweb.com > LIST ADM. Patricia L. Hall > phhgene@aol.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >