Brick wall regarding my great grandmother
There seems to be some evidence that my great grandmother was half Cherokee. She lived for many years in a Cherokee community after she and my Great grandfather divorced. My grandfather told me that he grew up on a Cherokee reservation. However, I have no idea what her maiden name was, and on census reports she always claimed to be white. Any suggestions?
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@Fabuladico Welcome to the FamilySearch community and thank you for your question regarding wanting to learn more about your great grandmother. We understand from your post that you would like to know how to find more information on your great grandmother.
A few suggestions would be to try and find census records during the time she was married to your grandfather to see if more details can be revealed from those documents. As much as possible reach out to cousins and start asking questions to see if someone can disclose new information. Depending on which State your great grandmother grew up in, you may also want to Google Cherokee genealogy services to see if you can obtain assistance from one of their information places, including the Cherokee Nation Tribal Registration You may need to trace your great grandfather's name to a Cherokee reservation, if you great grandfather mentioned that he grew up on one, that may help to find you, great grandmother, too.
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@Fabuladico you can also share your great grandmother's code in the Family Tree (her PID) here so others can take a look.
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I'm not sure what is meant by my great grandmother's code. One problem with trying to trace her pre-marriage is that I don't know her maiden name. I have some other clues. My grandfather (now deceased) told me that Will Rogers was his cousin. True or not, it just seems to muddle things up even further. My grandfather lost an eye while living on the reservation when he got an arrow in the eye. My grandfather only claimed to be 1/4 Cherokee. I have traced his father and there's no indication of Indian blood there, although My grandfather's grandmother was arrested at one point for selling liquor to Indians.
To muddle thing up further, my grandfather was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and you guessed it, the court house burned down with a loss of records.
I did try a different tack once. My grandfather's nephew was Claude Kirk, once the governor of Florida. Since Claude's father was my grandfather's brother, and obviously a well known national personality, I thought that there would be info there. There was even less info there than for my grandfather.
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Person IDs or PIDs are explained here:
https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-are-id-numbers-used-for-in-family-tree
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I do not understand what is meant by my Great Grandmother's code. I see nothing in my records that indicate any sort of code number.
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@Fabuladico , it sounds like on the FamilySearch site you have been using only Records, not Family Tree. The code I am asking about is the person ID of your great grandmother in Family Tree.
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Okay, I see the problem. My family Tree is not on FamilySearch. That is, the only one on the FamilySearch tree is me. I could possibly construct the tree which would go back to my great grand parents, but after scouring records recently, I see that FamilySearch has no records at all for my great grandmother. will a number be assigned to her the moment I enter her name on the tree?
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Yes, in Family Tree you can create a person page for your great grandmother, and work from there. In Family Tree click the Recents menu and at the bottom of the menu click Add Unconnected Person.
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yes - it is always best to start with YOURSELF and work backwards - entering records for each relative and ancestors. Start with the closest ones and work backwards - entering them into the Family Tree portion of FamilySearch.
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I already have a family tree on FTM that goes back about 1700 years, so all i would have to do is re-enter a portion of that tree to get numbers assigned to various ancestors. I use a number of sources in my research. I use FamilySearch of course, also Ancestry, local genealogical and historical sites, even local records. Even so, there are brick walls and mysteries. Maybe these numbers will help solve these.
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@Fabuladico , it is likely that some of your family tree is in Family Tree already. Once you find them, you will be able to evaluate how much what is in Family Tree differs from what you have in FTM.
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