Donna that is a good point to make for those who may not realize those columns are important.? I was told all of my life that we had American Indian Blood on my fathers side of the family.? But DNA tells us no.? My great grandfather's brother is listed in Oklahoma as Indian, but that is because he married the niece of the governor and some how was listed on the Indian rolls.? A bit of crooked politics I assume.? They got lots of land and he even had a town named after him but he was no Indian. :) -----Original Message----- From: DMariee <[email protected]> To: pate <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 6:03 pm Subject: [PATE] Native American Ancestor designation on US Censuses 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

When the Indians were signed upby the Dawes Commission just about anyone who wanted to be listed were accepted as Indian Sent from Jim Pate's IPad On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Donna that is a good point to make for those who may not realize those columns are important.? I was told all of my life that we had American Indian Blood on my fathers side of the family.? But DNA tells us no.? My great grandfather's brother is listed in Oklahoma as Indian, but that is because he married the niece of the governor and some how was listed on the Indian rolls.? A bit of crooked politics I assume.? They got lots of land and he even had a town named after him but he was no Indian. :) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DMariee <[email protected]> > To: pate <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 6:03 pm > Subject: [PATE] Native American Ancestor designation on US Censuses > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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