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Post by cavery on Sept 18, 2010 8:28:26 GMT -6
I have been trying for weeks to find where I can prove I am cherokee. I know for a fact my great grandmother was full blooded cherokee. She did not register because of how mean everyone was to her. They threatened her and told her if she registered they new she would just run back to the reservation.... more then anything I want to join and surround myself with natives!! My family name is Hawkins with more then 10 pages of hawkins on the dawes roll but I am having such a hard time connecting everything to show there blood is my blood! I just had to vent..
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kinshoni
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Post by kinshoni on Sept 18, 2010 10:30:07 GMT -6
hello Carvery, This is probably a stupid questionect,but have you tried the cencus's going back ?( i'm not Native American so unfortunalty i dont know how it works ). what about your g-grandmothers brothers/sisters ? if you know anything at all about them perhaps you can connect them . Was there anything on paper with her marriage where it mentions she's native ?
Never give up carvery keep going at it ! so glad you are proud of your heritage !,
best wishes , Kinshoni
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Post by cavery on Sept 18, 2010 19:53:21 GMT -6
I joined ancestry.com to try and find something but the only problem is no one who is alive knows much of what I need. Such as birth dates, correct names not the names they went by... and the census I found where she is states she is white and I know that it was untrue, and then her mother I have not been able to find anything on so far, but I know tom is another day and if I never prove it I know in my heart I am Cherokee..I see it in the mirror everyday. Thanks so much Kinshoni it helps my heart to hear that!!!
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Post by Lone4eagle on Nov 8, 2010 13:59:23 GMT -6
I have been trying for weeks to find where I can prove I am cherokee. I know for a fact my great grandmother was full blooded cherokee. She did not register because of how mean everyone was to her. They threatened her and told her if she registered they new she would just run back to the reservation.... more then anything I want to join and surround myself with natives!! My family name is Hawkins with more then 10 pages of hawkins on the dawes roll but I am having such a hard time connecting everything to show there blood is my blood! I just had to vent.. Hi cavery! Like so many, yes it can be most difficult, tracing your ancestry.
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