Morning Y'all! No you weren't being offensive. And beleive it or not the registered people from the Western Band of Cherokee is a huge list, not including ones like us unable to "prove" it. I wasn't insinuating they weren't. Sometimes I don't communicate as clearly as I like either. My heritage is a sore spot. I have always been too white to be Indian and to poor to beleive I come from over a 1000 years of pure royal stock. I love this thread and all the wonderful people on it. I'm a horrible bookworm and like that little robot Johnny 5 "Need Input".
So I have come across tons of info in my own quest and love to share.Geographic travel of a family can also provide many clues. I didn't even know a group of Cherokee had left before 1817 when the Old Settlers did. They went to the St. Francois valley when the French still owned.All my NC to AR relatives arrived in Arkansas in 1817 but weren't registered. I hope my rambling helps someone. Feel free to PM or e-mail me if you think I can help. Or we may be cousins.
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Know what you mean- I'm only gaining a inch at a time!! I did get the name of my gg grandfather this morning from my granny. Hoping she will keep remembering more-- I told her to write down anything else she remembered. Wayne
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Thanks I'm not good at expressing myself sometimes- I didn't want anybody to misunderstand what I was saying as being derogatory or anything. Wayne
Try TNGENWEB they have a native section somewhere. Alot of Cherokee and other SE tribes settled there. Our ancestors were pretty smart to get ot of the DeepSouth when they could.Also trygoogling Tsalagi and see what you find. Thats our name for ourselves.
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Know what you mean- I'm only gaining a inch at a time!! I did get the name of my gg grandfather this morning from my granny. Hoping she will keep remembering more-- I told her to write down anything else she remembered. Wayne
Oh and by the way -- I am blessed to still have both my grandmothers-- one 87 and the other one is 91- Both doing well and both mean as snakes!!!! lol
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Hi there zookeeper....a native person of french/ canadian descent is called a metis ...I am wondering where your mom is from as my DH is cree as well...
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At least I'm glad they don't dip snuff like the three ggrandparents that I grew up around did. i really hated emptying the spit cup. Also since I was the oldest child in our family , when we had slopjars , guess who got to empty them too.