Sorry, in most of these cases you can not prove any Indian Ancestry....unless you can find I don't know...old jounals...there are many grandma was a *Cherokee Princess* family stories but most of them are not true and unless you are associated with or member of one of the tribes you can't prove you are Indian... You might look on the Guion Miller roll, that was a roll taken in the early 1900s, shows where folks were living at the time the made application for damages they suffered when moved from their homeland etc or suffered from whites taking their land in the east... But I have to tell you, unless you can find documentation that you are indeed Cherokee, you are not recognized by the Federal Government as Cherokee...let's see I think there is one state recognized tribe in AL... The Cherokee in North Carolina now have closed enrollment which means they are not enrolling anyone else, they have a blood quantum as well, which keeps changing so not sure what it is now... Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma requires that you be able to trace back to a Cherokee Ancestor on the Dawes Roll...even if you're Cherokee, if you don't have an Ancestor on that roll, you can not become a Citizen of the Tribe... Char On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Donna Fischer <donna_fischer2003@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello my question is: > > But what about people who were say 1/4 Cherokee > ancestry when they moved to Wilson Co. Tennessee from > Virginia in say 1805. They could have been related to > the Cherokee that were located in Virginia in the > 1700's. How would you trace that since they may not > have claimed being a part of the tribe in the late > 1700's since they did not live with the tribe? And > may not have even known early in their life who their > father was. Then what would you use to find the > Cherokee ancestry? > > Donna > > > --- Coats Family History <coats.genealogy@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Judy, you won't happen to be related to the Mrs. > > Bean that Nancy Ward > > saved would you? > > > > Just wondering.... > > > > I think most records for Indians are on the > > rolls...or the recognized > > tribes...for Cherokee it's the old rolls in NC or > > the Dawes in > > Oklahoma....but those are the only *official* > > records that I know > > of... > > > > Char > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Judy Bean > > <judybean@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > I am trying to find out if there is anyone who > > researches possible Cherokee ancestry in Wilson > > County, or if there is a website on that topic. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > A shameless plug for my web activities: > > > > Support Authentic Cherokee Art - ask for the > > Artist's Tribal > > registration number before you buy!! 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