Category Archives: Cherokee

In the 1869 Cherokee West census, most, but not all of the Native people have adopted some sort of first name plus surname naming convention.  Some names are in transition – and of course we don’t know where that transition … Continue reading →

Ok, so maybe we can’t tell that much.  But it grabbed your attention, just like the National Enquirer in the check-out line at the grocery! Sometimes Excel is my friend.  It’s much easier and more time efficient to enter these … Continue reading →

I have seen this surname before.  In my own family research, I found people in the census with this last name listed intermittently as mulatto.  Mostly, I found two things interesting about that.  First, that their race was intermittently listed … Continue reading →

One of the unpublished census records is the 1869 census of the Cherokee Nation West.  This census holds a great deal of information.  The Cherokee Nation West is present day Oklahoma.  The only people who were supposed to be there … Continue reading →

No, this isn’t a joke about Pete and Repeat.  Liver and Return are actual first names of two men in the Cah-yar-nee family in 1869 in the Cherokee West Census.  Yes, really! Not only that, they are the only two … Continue reading →

Martin Buzzard-Flopper was listed on the 1869 Cherokee West Census.  There were several Buzzards, but only one Buzzard-Flopper.  In his household were 1 woman, 4 male children and 2 female children. What, exactly, was a Buzzard-Flopper?  I can see a practical … Continue reading →