Comments on: Tracing Your Native American Ancestry, Part II

By: BrokenClaw

BrokenClaw — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:54:50 +0000

James, I appreciate your interest in your native ancestry. However, I don’t do research into tribes other than my own. As a word of advice, whenever you post an inquiry such as this, you need to include the first name of the earliest ancestor you know, along with an estimated birthdate and a more specific location. For instance, a quick check of the Indian censuses on Ancestry.com show over 400 Bartons. And there were about 3,000 people named Black in Missouri in 1930.

I would recommend you try the message boards at http://boards.ancestry.com as mentioned above. But again, you need to start with more than just a last name.

By: James White

James White — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:03:23 +0000

I was told my family on the Barton side is Indian. They had lived on the Reservation in the 1800. Do you have any information on the Barton’s? Plus my Black line is Indian. They had all left and went to Mo. and most of them lived in Black River, MO.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:07:01 +0000

I am interested in my family heritage, and what my aunt told me was that my g-grandfather was 1/2 choctaw and 1/2 Irish. Then my g-grandmother was full cherokee. On my moms side, it goes a little further back, my ggg-grandmother was either half or full cherokee (g-grandpas side). Then my ggg-something is cherokee and choctaw(g-grandmas side). Then somewhere else in there is either blackfoot or blackdutch. I am trying to get as much as I can on my Native American heritage and its harder than it looks. I have no idea where to go to find their numbers. No one knows what they are, not even their own kids. If anyone knows anything about how I could go about doing this, please help me out.

Thanks,
Whitney B.

whitneyblack@sbcglobal.net

By: Dorothy Franks

Dorothy Franks — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:29:29 +0000

There are eight generations that I have traced in my genealogy. I have at least three bloodlines of Indian (Choctaw, Cherokee and Creek). My 1st gen grandmother on my grandfather’s is listed as a Choctaw indian in the U.S. Census Records. My 3rd gen grandmother on my grandfather’s side is Cherookee (vintage photo), and my 3rd gen grandmother on my grandmother’s side is Creek (oral history). I have features of the Indian, but not sure how to prove it. Can you tell me if the DNA testing really proves anything and if it is worth the money?

Dorothy

By: Paul carter

Paul carter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:39:51 +0000

Can you give me a web site that does DNA tests for the Native American people,I am at a brick wall,I want to know more,about my ancestors,who may have been part or full blood native American,my people were from North Carolina,Virgina,South Carolina,Kentucky and Tennessee,I have Melingeon,German Irish,Scott,,alos kin to a Free woman of Color,I dont know what that means but she owned land in Virgina,my Grt Grt Grand Mother looks like a full blood from her Picture,her people were from Tennessee,but called themselfs Black Dutch. Paul Carter

By: BrokenClaw

BrokenClaw — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:07:34 +0000

Michele, I’m sorry, but I don’t see how I can help you. There are plenty of resources online about how to go about tracing your ancestry. The most basic things are finding out what was your grandmother’s maiden name, where and when she was born, can you locate her and her parents on the censuses, etc. I have no experience or resources for researching New York and Quebec.

By: MICHELE

MICHELE — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:22:04 +0000

I AM A DECENDENT, WHO HAS LEARNED OF MY NASHIONALITY.MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS A RABIDEAU,PHOSINA. MY GRANDMOTHER IS LEONA BUSHY AND WE CAME FROM IRONA NY, OUT OF THREE RIVERS QUIBEC.IT WAS A LONG TIME A GO BUT I LOOK VERY MUCH INDIAN AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OF MY FAMILY.
GRANDMA IS VERY OLD AND WON’T TALK ABOUT IT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONTACT ME ON THIS E-MAIL I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
SINCERLY
MICHELE A. DEHAYES
TAMPA FLORIDA