Jack, This sounds like great advice, but I can't find anything on the RootsWeb home page that says anything about Lists or "Ethnic". Did I understand wrong? I need to be led by the nose to find things. Thanks, Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "jaxone1234" <jaxone1234@msn.com> To: <OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Creek Indian help please > Well, I have people tell me that Indian research is the most difficult to > do, and I just don't understand that. Nor have I found it to be true. > > Indians surly have to be the most documented people in this country. They > have been looked at, picked at, probed, accounted for, watched, etc, etc, > etc, people of all times. > > And the very first place I head for in finding Indian facts is the agency > that they belong to. If she was a Creek Indian then that's exactly where I > would go, to the Creek Indian Tribe. I just bet you they have her listed > down to her toenails. Having a roll number is your one main stumbling block > that you don't have to worry about. Its finding that roll number that > usually gives everyone so much trouble. > > An alternative route might be the Historical Society in OKC. They seem to > concentrate on our Indian population. > > Another suggestion, check to see if RootsWeb has a Creek Indian list. You > can find that out by going to RootsWeb home page, looking at the list of > lists, check under Ethnic listings. That's where they keep the Indian > lists. Might check Okmulgee County list too, that's the home base of the > Creek Indian Nation, isn't it ? I know there is a Creek Museum in Okmulgee, > she could even be listed there. > > Jack Childers in OKC > International BlackSheep Society of Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > OKGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ > PhotoGallery - http://marti.rootsweb.com/photogallery/index.htm >

Go to this site http://lists.rootsweb.com/ and scroll down to OTHER, then look for Ethnic-Native. You're on your own from that point on. Jack Childers in OKC International BlackSheep Society of Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm

Thanks again Jack. Vickie Neill Taylor flip@okplus.com

Glad to be of help. Jack Childers in OKC International BlackSheep Society of Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm