My Mother was Margaret Marie - 10th child of Samuel T. and Jannie (Allen) Shockey of Winifred/Onaga, KS. I had heard many years ago (when they started to look up their family background) that there was an Indian (native-american) name that when Angloized, sounded somewhat like Shockey, but of no relation to us. Maybe, this is how the Indian background stories got started. - R. Perrussel. -----Original Message----- From: lshockey@citynet.net [mailto:lshockey@citynet.net] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:51 PM To: SHOCKEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Shockey] Re: Indian Background This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVHBAIB/291.1 Message Board Post: Almost every family that I started researching quite a few years ago had claims of Indian ancestry back just a few generations. Most seemed to think that it was their mother's grandmother or great grandmother. After in depth research on each of these numerous families I was unable to find an ancestor within five to seven generations back that could be proved to have Indian ancestry. I have wondered several times if there was indeed Indian ancestry that was very well hidden from the public or why so many actually thought that they were one quarter or one eighth Indian. ==== SHOCKEY Mailing List ==== If you or a SHOCKEY descendant that you know of is not receiving the annual SHOCKEY newsletter, please send correct name and address to Marie F. Shockey, Rt. 2 Box 3510, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411