Native American Ancestry

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This group is for anyone interested in researching Native American ancestry.
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  • Chief Bald Eagle: Lenni Lenape Tribe in Pa

    I am looking for all or any info on the chief from Pa who lived in Milesburg named The Eagles Nest just off of the Susquhanna River. The part of tribe that he was a part of was the Munsee tribe part of the Wolf Tribe.  The chief was also know as the Munsee Chief.  I am willing to give out any info…

    By Joseph Eric Hoffman

    Apr 24, 2010

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  • Timms/Tims and Shores

    Please help my husbands family lore is that a Cherokee married a Choctaw, but I can't prove or disprove.  This is what I know. Charles Birt Timms/Tims (have seen it spelled both ways)Born:  March 24, 1879Married:  Maudie Alemdia Shores  Nov 8,1907 in DeQueens ArLived in the Choctaw Nation…

    By Connie Timms

    Feb 23, 2010

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  • COON / KOON family in Michigan

    Additions and corrections greatly appreciated, thanks.

    By James P. LaLone

    Jan 18, 2015

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  • McSAWBY Family

    I have some other "branches" of the family but cannot connect to this family. Additions/corrections greatly appreciated, thanks, Jim.

    By James P. LaLone

    Aug 12, 2012

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  • ESPIEW family in Michigan

    Additions / corrections appreciated - ongoing project: Generation One1. Espao / Esbao / Espiew. Probably Esiban=raccoon. Unsure of mothers of children.He married Mary WARBANABYQUA, also known as Waw-be-ore?-be-quay/Waw-ben-ege-quay, b. c.1805 in MI. Mary: Durant 11-61a. This is confusing. Durant…

    By James P. LaLone

    Jan 11, 2011

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  • Jeebic (sp?)

    This isn't necessarily an ancestry question but it kind of ties in.  I was talking with my grandmother yesterday about her grandparents and she says her grandma told her the only reason she married her husband was because her sister used jeebic (I think that's how you spell it?  It's pronounced…

    By Whitney Franquist

    Mar 18, 2012

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  • CHEROKEE research

    Because so many people have or believe they have Cherokee ancestry here is a finding aid to doing research on Cherokee ancestry. This is not an endorsement of the sites just a finding aid. I have tried to list free sites but some will require registration or may have a fee. Good luck.Cherokee…

    By James P. LaLone

    Feb 28, 2012

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  • MONTOUR - MONTURE family

    Attachment - additions/corrections greatly appreciated, 4 generations. Thanks, Jim.

    By James P. LaLone

    Aug 27, 2010

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  • Grey Eyes Dark Adopted cherokee given the name Mattie Mae Mc Clellan

    Having had to move my Dad to a nursing home and clear out his house I found what I've been searching for for 20 yrs. Information on my families cherolee connection. It turns out that due to the stigma, back in the day, the family narrative was not quite the truth. I was led to believe that My…

    By Dana L Van Pool

    Oct 24, 2011

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  • Miami GODFROY / GODFREY family

    Attachment for the GODFROY family who were Miami Indians.  Additions/corrections appreciated, thanks, Jim.

    By James P. LaLone

    May 30, 2011

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