This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Linn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zZB.2ACI/567.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry Jill, My husband is the Linn, and his family has been traced back to one Patrick Linn from Ireland. As far as I know there is no Cherokee on the Linn side of family. I checked my database and did not find any of the names you mentioned. Have you check into the Lynn/Linn Lineage quarterly? They are a wonderful source for this surname. The address is 3510 West Turnberry Drive, McHenry,Illinois 60050-7557 Phyllis J.Bauer is the editor ,her E-Mail is pjbauer@mc.net, or at least it was the last I mailed. Good Luck, Bessie