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To: Ditter

Oh, I know a lot about mine. Both grandmothers were in DAR, and one was in Colonial Dames and the other in Daughters of the Confederacy, so both had to have lots of documentation.

I know the most about my paternal-paternal lineage, as my dad got interested in it before he died and I did quite a bit of research on it and got BIA cards for both of us, after a man gave us a report he wrote on my great-grandfather.

Indian Territory was pretty small in 1858 when my g-g-gf first moved from Miss., so there was a lot written about the family and in-laws in the Chronicles of Oklahoma.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the grandmothers’ papers in my possession and whatever I’ve had otherwise was lost two computers ago. Some of it is still online, so I should probably gather it again after I switch to a newer non-virused one (this one is bad and will be gone soon).


76 posted on 02/29/2008 9:57:53 AM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66
Our children were all 3 adopted so when they were young (and the older generation was still alive) I didn’t make a big deal about heritage. If they had decided they wanted to search for their heritage on their own, it would have been OK but if my search had kicked off their search and what they found had disrupted their lives, I would have felt terrible. As it turned out they didn’t care about their heritage.
77 posted on 02/29/2008 10:51:31 AM PST by Ditter
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