I found this very interesting thought I would share, perhaps many of you already knew this anyway.  This is according to Ancestry Com, "Pay special attention to the columns designating color and place of birth. You may find a Native American ancestor listed as I, In, Ind, B (black) or M for mulatto. It might change from census to census." Donna Hassan

Hi Donna, (Sorry for the repeat e-mail here, but I thought I'd sent this to the Pate group in general.) My maternal great-grandfather (not my Pate side) was registered Native American (Cherokee). His children, however, felt disgraced with that heritage so were listed as "white," even changing the spelling of their last name to appear more "white." My father (my Pate side) always told me that his grandmother (whose mother was a Pate) was Choctaw, however she nor her parents were ever listed as anything other than "white" on any census or any record I've been able to locate. Unfortunately, my father passed away last year before I was able to prove to him if what he was told was true or not. Do you know of any Pate who is Native American? Rebecca On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:03 PM, DMariee <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this very interesting thought I would share, perhaps many of you > already > knew this anyway. This is according to Ancestry Com, "Pay special > attention to > the columns designating color and place of birth. You may find a Native > American > ancestor listed as I, In, Ind, B (black) or M for mulatto. It might change > from > census to census." > > Donna Hassan > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >