Ancestry/Genealogy

flyingfysh

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8. Genealogy can also show that some family stories are false

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:11 PM

Sep 2020

I had always been told that some of my ancestry was Cherokee. Research in the Dawes Roll records showed the true story: some of my ancestors were scoundrels. At first, they claimed Chickasaw membership, and we're turned down by the Dawes Commission. They then claimed, Choctaw, and at the same time claimed Mississippi Choctaw. If any of these had been approved, they would have been given land in Oklahoma. They did not fool the Dawes Commission, which stamped their application with a giant REJECTED stamp.
Later DNA confirmed that I have no Indian ancestry.

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I got back into gen. [View all] Marthe48 Sep 2020 OP

I had the same situation. I found an uncle had a divorce many years (and, 10 children ago) Frustratedlady Sep 2020 #1

In junior high Marthe48 Sep 2020 #2

I started out with Ancestry but then got turned on by Family Search, which is free. Frustratedlady Sep 2020 #3

yes, very apt Marthe48 Sep 2020 #4

Genealogy certain brings the skeletons out of the closet. The Genealogist Sep 2020 #5

It makes the myths human Marthe48 Sep 2020 #6

My early experience was the opposite: it made humans more mythical! The Genealogist Sep 2020 #7

Genealogy can also show that some family stories are false flyingfysh Sep 2020 #8

My husband's paternal grandmother Marthe48 Sep 2020 #9

One thing you might be able to contribute wnylib Sep 2020 #10

I just saw your post Marthe48 Dec 2020 #13

It's very common for people to claim wnylib Dec 2020 #14

I discovered things about my family that I had not wnylib Sep 2020 #11

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