Genealogy: Our Indian Grandmother
I’ve stumbled across a wealth of information about a branch of my family, my maternal grandmothers side. For some reason, I decided to try an alternate spelling on the name I was given for my Indian Great Great grandmother, and happened across an inquiry on Rootsweb that a cousin of mine in Georgia made. I decided to email her to see if the name she posted about and mine were related, and low and behold she shows me a website she put up with ancestors back to the year 1595, including pictures. One picture in particular of our Indian Grandmother whom she does not know the name of.
The name I was given as our Indian Grandmother was on her site, but I’m not sure if the women in the picture was Indian or if it was another picture on the site that my cousin calls our Indian Grandmother. So my mothers information and her information might be conflicting. But until my mother gives me all of the research she’s done, I won’t know for sure.
Despite this, however, I now have information more than Thirteen generations back, AND a picture of my Indian Grandmother. In the picture, you see a beautiful necklace that my cousin (whom is 56) recalls playing with as a little girl. She used to be told stories about our Indian Grandmother, but that much information was kept secret because having Indian blood was a “shame” back in the late 1800’s or so.
I am excited to be corresponding with her though, and I’ve sent her some pictures as well. She says that she believes a relative still has the necklace, but that the relative she thinks has it, lives in Hawaii, and was on Jimmy Carter’s staff when he was president. If I can get the contact information, you better believe I’ll be calling Hawaii to see if I can find her and this necklace. What a treasure it would be to find the necklace in the picture of my Indian Grandmother from the 1800’s.
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One Response to “Genealogy: Our Indian Grandmother”
October 17th, 2007 at 10:08 am
You gotta give me the link to that website with her pic! You are doing such a great job with the genealogy. When I come home next Ill get mom to drag out that comp and send you the file. She has had a lot on her plate these days with all the babies!