Author Archives: Roberta Estes

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About Roberta Estes

Scientist, author, genetic genealogist. Documenting Native Heritage through contemporaneous records and DNA.

Surname Reversion??

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Roberta Estes

While working on the Emmet Co., Michigan death records, things started to fall into a pattern.  Most records groups are that way and you develope an understanding to some extent of how things were handled within a record grouping.  In … Continue reading →

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Indians and Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Working from the DAR document, Forgotten Patriots, I’m now in Rhode Island, taking my whirlwind tour of all states who provided soldiers for the Revolutionary War.  Am I ever glad there weren’t 50 then! Rhode Island was a small state, but … Continue reading →

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Who Died and Why? Ottawa Death Records in Emmet County, Michigan.

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Our ancestors, and all people, speak through the records they leave behind. It’s up to us to weave the story being told by listening to the whispers that drift through the ages. Emmet County Michigan kept death records beginning in … Continue reading →

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London Hazard, Revolutionary War Soldier

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Roberta Estes

London Hazard was a slave.  Well, he was up until the Revolutionary War.  During the time of the Revolutionary War, a man could pay a substitute to serve in his place.  Most of the time, I’m not thinking that there is … Continue reading →

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General Joseph Martin and Betsy Ward

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Excerpted from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Martin_(general) “Martin was a robust figure in the history of the early frontier,” according to the WPA guide to the Old Dominion. “He was born in Albemarle County in 1740, ran away to fight Indians at 17, became … Continue reading →

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The Cole and Bowman Families of Harlan Co., Ky.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The Cole family of Harlan Co., Ky. carries strong oral history of Native heritage.  The following extracted information provides some documentation for their oral history.  The full article can be found at.  http://shaybo-therisingtide.blogspot.com/2011/09/harlan-county-kentucky-indians.html INDIAN BLOOD RUNS IN MANY HARLAN COUNTY FAMILIES … Continue reading →

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1836 Halfbreed Ottawa and Chippewa Census – the Hidden Stories

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Roberta Estes

I’ve just finished entering the names on the 1836 Census of Ottawa and Chippewa Halfbreeds (Michigan) into the Native Names document.  Here’s the link to the original source if you want to take a look. http://www.mainlymichigan.com/nativedata/1836OttChipCensus/1836OttChippPaging.aspx and http://www.mainlymichigan.com/nativedata/1836OttChipCensus/1836OttChipp-index.aspx There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Chippewa, Ottawa | 7 Comments

From Nansemond to Monacan: The Legacy of the Pochick-Nansemond among the Bear Mountain Monacan

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Jay Hansford C. Vest wrote an article which was published in 2003 titled From Nansemond to Monacon: The Legacy of the Pochick-Nansemond among the Bear Mountain Monacon (American Indian Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2003, Vol 21, No 3 and 4). The article discusses in depth the history of … Continue reading →

Posted in Monacan, Nansemond | 15 Comments

The Piquettes and their Bad Decade

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The Piquette family was having a bad decade, or so it seems.  In the 1836 Halfbreed Chippewa and Ottawa census, there were several people enumerated by the last name of Piquette.  Several had unusual situations which tell us something of their history. Several … Continue reading →

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Hole in the Day

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Roberta Estes

I’ve been working with the records in the Book Shawnee Heritage I recently.  I will have some commentary on that later, but for today, I found something I thought was extremely interesting. The author’s goal is to list the names … Continue reading →

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