Gerri, If you put Chief Doublehead in your search browser you will find more about him than you probably care to know. A lot of people claim descendancy from him, but I very much doubt the authenticity of many of the claims. Still, he was apparently an important chief of his time. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerri Goodwin" <gerrigoodwin@cox.net> To: <tnpicket@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [TNPICKET] Chief Doublehead descendents > Who is Chief Doublehead? > Gerri > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JGMiller@hughes.net> > To: <TNPICKET-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:24 PM > Subject: Re: [TNPICKET] Chief Doublehead descendents > > >> 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/VgB.2ACE/459.1.2.1 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> If you had as much difficulty tracing your ancestry as most people doing >> their best with very little information to go on BECAUSE of the >> persecution of their ancestors, you might be a little more understanding >> and respectful when addressing them.No one has ever held that your >> personal family members didn't suffer persecution but you do not know >> personally all the types and means of persecution other peoples famiy >> went >> through. >> Perople know from from oral history and a few written records bits and >> pieces of their ancestry and are doing their best to find the truth. >> Most Cherokee that I know would never speak to a kin,near kin, or >> searching kin in such a shameful and disrespectful manner. It is possible >> that records do not reveal all things and no one person or handful of >> people know everything about their ancestors when 'if they themselves are >> honest' don't know all things about themselves even. >> It is better to respect other peoples efforts and not to critsize >> others...they just might be your kin and what would your ancestors think >> of THAT >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNPICKET-request@rootsweb.com 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 > TNPICKET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >