Kudos for reminding people that not all books and rolls are accurate or complete. I have a collateral ancestor who was given early reservation land in Alabama because she was a Native. Her full sister (my lineal ancestor) would have been the same, but neither appears on a tribal roll. -----Original Message----- From: tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sara Binkley Tarpley Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:44 PM To: tnwilson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] Cherokee roots Yes, and it is important not to discount family stories. Just label them as family stories or family tradition until you can prove them. As so many have stated, that may never happen with traditions of Native American ancestry; but it would be a mistake to discard the story. My roots are firmly in NC, VA, and TN. So, when I started researching, I thought that the story that one of my great-grandmothers was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, had children by her first husband in Mexico, came to New Orleans where she met my great-grandfather, and then had my grandmother in Nashville was just a little too exotic to be true. Every record confirmed it. I have also found that family stories can carry a grain of truth even when they are not entirely accurate; so, while I don't necessarily believe them, I never discount them entirely. Sara Binkley Tarpley On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Joyce G. Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > There are actually few very old families in the southeast who will not have > 'some' Native American Heritage and that is a fact BUT as to researching > YOUR Native American heritage, it could be a bit tricky. It isn't like your > usual, run-of-the-mill research. There are many N.A. reserchers who don't > comprehend the people who 'want-to-know' as opposed to 'want-to-be'. > > . > Joyce Gaston Reece > > ------------------------------- 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

Many of the rolls were taken by white men who knew how to write in English....not Cherokee. If someone gave the census taker a Cherokee name and he didn't know how to spell it he would write down something else....something in English. Many Indians got English spelled names in that manner. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salisbury, Rita" <RHOSTER@seaford.k12.de.us> To: <tnwilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] Cherokee roots > Kudos for reminding people that not all books and rolls are accurate or > complete. I have a collateral ancestor who was given early reservation > land in Alabama because she was a Native. Her full sister (my lineal > ancestor) would have been the same, but neither appears on a tribal > roll. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sara Binkley Tarpley > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:44 PM > To: tnwilson@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] Cherokee roots > > Yes, and it is important not to discount family stories. Just label > them as family stories or family tradition until you can prove them. > As so many have stated, that may never happen with traditions of > Native American ancestry; but it would be a mistake to discard the > story. > > My roots are firmly in NC, VA, and TN. So, when I started > researching, I thought that the story that one of my > great-grandmothers was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, had children > by her first husband in Mexico, came to New Orleans where she met my > great-grandfather, and then had my grandmother in Nashville was just a > little too exotic to be true. Every record confirmed it. I have also > found that family stories can carry a grain of truth even when they > are not entirely accurate; so, while I don't necessarily believe them, > I never discount them entirely. > > Sara Binkley Tarpley > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Joyce G. Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > wrote: >> There are actually few very old families in the southeast who will not > have >> 'some' Native American Heritage and that is a fact BUT as to > researching >> YOUR Native American heritage, it could be a bit tricky. It isn't > like your >> usual, run-of-the-mill research. There are many N.A. reserchers who > don't >> comprehend the people who 'want-to-know' as opposed to 'want-to-be'. >> >> . >> Joyce Gaston Reece >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1357 - Release Date: 4/3/2008 > 10:48 AM > >