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 >