Black Dutch is what people of Indian ancestry called themselves so that they would not be forced to live on the reservations. They sometimes called themselves Black Irish as well. My ancestry is Black Dutch Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret To: WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:19 PM Subject: [WALDROP] Black Dutch Hello All, Can any one explain why a person.....a Waldrop, born in Louisiana, would call himself Black Dutch? Margaret ==== WALDROP Mailing List ==== To use Waldrop Message Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/wal/Waldrop To Review Archived messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WALDROP-L