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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coats Family History" <coats.genealogy@gmail.com> To: <tnwilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] Cherokee roots > History books unfortunately can be wrong...as with old county > histories, without documentation to an original source record, which > the rolls would be, a claim of Cherokee Ancestry is only a family > story... > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Donna Fischer > <donna_fischer2003@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Well that is what the history books say and that is >> Virginias and our history. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia#Native_Americans >> >> Donna >> >> --- Coats Family History <coats.genealogy@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> > No, most of that VA and IN info is wrong...Cherokees >> > have never been >> > that far north...sorry.... >> > >> > Char >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Donna Fischer >> > <donna_fischer2003@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > > No the Lumbee Indians are not part of the Eastern >> > Band >> > > of Cherokee. They are in North Caolina, but are >> > near >> > > the coast. Today they are in commerce and >> > banking. >> > > >> > > I receive a monthly email regarding the state of >> > > Virgina called Virginia is for Lovers. And I have >> > > found the history of Virginia on these sites. >> > They >> > > have talked about the early Cherokees and showed >> > maps >> > > of their large early territory which did include >> > the >> > > western side of Virginia, and as I remember went >> > into >> > > even what we call Indiana today. >> > > >> > > Here is a link on a history of the Indian groups >> > in >> > > what we today call Virginia. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Virginia#Native_Americans >> > > >> > > Hope this link works. >> > > >> > > Donna >> > > --- bary4579@bellsouth.net wrote: >> > > >> > > > Are the Lumbee Indians part of the Cherokee >> > Nations? >> > > > H Barry >> > > > -------------- Original message from "Coats >> > Family >> > > > History" <coats.genealogy@gmail.com>: >> > -------------- >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > 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 >> > 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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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 > >