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by D J Thornton
Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:23 am
Forum: African
Topic: 200 years, tracing Black Brooks family to Irish Servant
Replies: 1
Views: 11240

200 years, tracing Black Brooks family to Irish Servant

Unusual tracing Black Family by name to before 1850 http://www.shelbystar.com/20140226/family-ties-man-traces-family-history-200-years-to-a-slave/302269820 Sarah’s mother, Elizabeth Brooks, was a white woman, a former indentured servant who paid for her voyage from Ireland to Maryland with her servi...
by D J Thornton
Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:15 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: Mulatto Classification of Indians and other related Laws
Replies: 2
Views: 23809

Mulatto Classification of Indians and other related Laws

http://nativeamericansofdelawarestate.com/Mulatto%20Classification%20of%20Indian%20Families%20&%20Laws.htm Also mentions Alabama Choctaw Chowan,,Fl, NC Easter Indians For a perfect example of the confusion suffered by lawmakers attempting to place these mixed-bloods into some neat category, read...
by D J Thornton
Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:29 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Michigan Native American
Replies: 2
Views: 9438

Re: Michigan Native American

A little History, Bay County Michigan and tribes
http://genealogytrails.com/mich/bay/boo ... y_ch4.html
by D J Thornton
Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Tennessee Tribes
Replies: 0
Views: 5023

Tennessee Tribes

http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/native.html line Native American Records and Data line There are no federally or state recognized Indian tribes in Tennessee today. The names of the historical Tennessee tribes included the Catawba, Cherokee, Chiaha, Chickasaw, Mosopelia, Muskogee Creek, Natchez, Shaw...
by D J Thornton
Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:38 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: History of AL
Replies: 0
Views: 5135

History of AL

Brief chapters with main Characters and events with Maps. Includes Indian

https://books.google.com/books?id=5GQTA ... ry&f=false
by D J Thornton
Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:36 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: Pickets History of AL
Replies: 0
Views: 5253

Pickets History of AL

https://books.google.com/books?id=3H0FA ... ma&f=false

Free book, great resources of principe players
by D J Thornton
Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: History of BayCounty Michigan Native
Replies: 0
Views: 4784

History of BayCounty Michigan Native

genealogytrails.com/ill/convicts/indexbycounty.html
14 Jun 2010 18:53:02

History of Bay County Michigan Chapter 4
O-GE-MA-KE-GA-TO AND OTHER INDIAN CHIEFS—INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE ON THE SAGINAW

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