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Post by pamelawhite on Dec 27, 2013 15:00:11 GMT -6
Hello, from California. I'm a woman, mother, and grandmother who loves to sew and quilt. In my other life I work as a Telecommunications Specialist.
My grandmother was Cherokee but I have never looked into it. She passed away at least 15 years ago but it was common knowledge in the family. My older sister told me that my grandmother's brother applied for, and received, a land grant but he told them that he had no siblings. How can I find out whether he applied and is the information he used available?
I saw a TV show recently that had a Maori Indian woman in it and she looked just like my grandmother, I was shocked. I'd like to know more.
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Post by Lone4eagle on Dec 27, 2013 21:00:49 GMT -6
Welcome! Try a free search of the final roles (5 civilized tribes). Scroll down page to search boxes, search by tribe using last name or card number. Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civilized TribesBe sure to look down far enough on the page to where it says--- Search the Final Rolls by Last Name
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Post by pamelawhite on Dec 28, 2013 0:10:04 GMT -6
Thank you very much for the information. I searched but did not find his name. I'll have to ask my sister about where that story came from.
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Post by pamelawhite on Dec 28, 2013 10:41:34 GMT -6
I searched my grandmother's mother's maiden name and there are lots of them, lots with first names that also appear in my Ancestry.com records. I'd need more information to tell if it's any of them.
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Post by Lone4eagle on Dec 28, 2013 18:39:46 GMT -6
I searched my grandmother's mother's maiden name and there are lots of them, lots with first names that also appear in my Ancestry.com records. I'd need more information to tell if it's any of them. Keep trying, also document experts have discovered on census records, where sometimes a NA woman married into a white family, the records got altered or written over to hide it from public.
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