Nalora wrote: > Add that to a perpetual curiosity about the past, a real LOVE for the State > I have lived in all my life, a lust for learning new things about Oklahoma > and a family that came here before 1850 and a stubborn Scots/Irish/Indian > background, and what do you have? A kindred spirit! Given that time frame and your earlier references to Pottawattomi Co., I'm compelled to ask -- is it possible you have some Absentee Shawnee roots? Sharon McAllister [also Scots/Irish/Indian] 73372.1745@compuserve.com