I see there are Wests who are interested in their possible Native American ancestry. I have the Oklahoma Historical Society's CD of the Dawes Rolls index. The ONLY people who are on this CD are members of the Five Civilized Tribes (Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole) who were ALSO living in what is now Oklahoma in 1900, give or take about five years. If you think your relative might fit BOTH criteria, send me a name and approximate birthdate and I'll see if they are on the Dawes Rolls. Incidentally, my Wests aren't my Native American tie. My Scotch-Irish West grandma married my Choctaw grandfather. Since we probably have new Wests on the list since the last time we discussed this (and I do think this fits under the category of genealogy), I'd like to mention the West ears. It seems the Wests have a tendency to have ears that resemble Prince Charles', both in size and shape. Proof of royal ancestry, perhaps? You can see several fine examples of West ears on my web page, http://www.theshop.net/missbev/family/Wests2.html. They have carried down even to the present generation, with my cousin's ten-year old (whose feelings I spared by NOT putting him on my West page) having those identical ears. We also have a tendency to have crooked little fingers, but I don't have a picture of those. I've decided to build a special web page in tribute to those ears. Do you have examples you'd like to contribute to the web page? If so, e-mail them to me, NOT to the list, with a brief explanation of who the person is and when and where he/she lived. Be sure and tell me if you want your own name and e-mail address listed along with the photo. Beverly missbev@theshop.net