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Question:So im trying to learn a little more about my family history, and i was learning that i have Cherokee indians in my family...Is there a website that i can go to, to find info about it..and people who were in it...I guess my great great great grandfather married a cherokee princess! I just want to learn aobut it......help me out here..i have no clue where to start


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: So im trying to learn a little more about my family history, and i was learning that i have Cherokee indians in my family...Is there a website that i can go to, to find info about it..and people who were in it...I guess my great great great grandfather married a cherokee princess! I just want to learn aobut it......help me out here..i have no clue where to start

Try this website it's run by the Mormon church and has helped me a lot

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...
Regards Alan

The only place for starting is with a few minutes to read some basics. I had to get a book, while many of these things are now online.
http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/gene...
I'm starting you with the Cherokee princess issue. There was no such thing as Cherokee princesses (kings/queens, so forth). This is one of the most widely known urban legends about families. What it immediately shows is that you have family stories that have not been documented.
This doesn't mean that you don't have Native lineage. What it means, is that many families accept traditions that (in many cases) are misleading, distorted, and sometimes simply false.
Starting with some basic info.. DOCUMENTATION is the one single most important thing I can give you. If there isn't a solid, verifiable record to back up what you have, you don't know that it is right. Please take this as it is meant... every day, I see persons hunt their family with info that blocks them, when the correct info can be found, and will open the door. Persons post "records" all over the internet, that are WRONG... and new persons take them to be fact. Wastes everyones time and energy.
Start with knowing that your birth certificate documents you to your parents. Yes, you know who you are. Next, document your parents to their parents. You won't find info on living persons online (and if you do, you should advise persons that it is risky). Next.. your 4 grandparents (and don't forget, all the ladies have a birth name, which connects them to their parents). Somewhere along here, you'll start finding gaps.. you are not sure where grandma was really born. And.. all of a sudden, it shows up that grandpa is really 4 yrs younger than you thought. Maybe because he was wanting to serve in the military and fibbed. That 4 yr mistake CAN block efforts to find the next record.
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/
Here's a guide to starting. For starters, you need to understand the process, BEFORE worries about web sites. A lot of the best info is at the court house, not online. Use what you can from the internet, but don't lose out by thinking that is all there is to it.
I started with a typed family history.. then set out to "prove" it. The irony is that I disproved a few minor details. What I FOUND actually expanded it more than I could have imagined.
Hope to see you here more.