Category Archives: Onondaga

Indian History of Present Day Berkeley County, West Virginia

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Roberta Estes

According to missionary reports, several thousand Hurons occupied present-day West Virginia, including the Eastern Panhandle region where Berkeley County is located, during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. During the 17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy (then consisting of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cayuga, Delaware, Huron, Iroquois, Mingoes, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Ottawa, Seneca, Shawnee, Tuscarora, Wyandot | 5 Comments

Ely Samuel Parker, Seneca

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was a Seneca attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant to General … Continue reading →

Posted in Cayuga, Military, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora | 2 Comments

1888-1893 New York Indian Census Surnames

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Indian surnames with tribe and reservation enumerated in the 1888-1893 New York Indian census from original National Archives documents indexed at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1059. This is part of the ongoing Native Names Project, an effort to index documented references to Native Americans in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, St. Regis, Tuscarora | 7 Comments

Iroquois World in 1812

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Roberta Estes

One of the online groups I follow is currently focused on researching the Mingoes. They have been compiling as many occurrences of the name along with locations as they can find. This map is particularly interesting, not just because of … Continue reading →

Posted in Iroquois, Mingoes, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora | 1 Comment

1911 Map of NY Onondaga Indian Reservation

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Roberta Estes

1911 Map of the Onondaga Reservation in New York. Source: New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional glass lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 88. http://iarchives.nysed.gov/dmsBlue/viewImageData.jsp?id=1479

Posted in New York, Onondaga, Reservation | 2 Comments

Digitizing War of 1812 Records, a Quilt and NY Indian Service Records

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roberta Estes

The War of 1812, which lasted from 1812 to 1815, is probably the War we know the least about, and one for which an astounding number of pension and bounty land records still exist for veterans who served. If your … Continue reading →

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Seneca George

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Seneca George was an Iroquoian Indian who had a special friendship with one Conrad Weiser, a German settler in Pennsylvania. Conrad Weiser’s father, Johann Conrad Weiser had emerged as one of the leaders in the German community of 1709/1710 immigrants who … Continue reading →

Posted in Conoy, Delaware, Iroquois, Mohawk, Nanticote, Onondaga | 2 Comments

New York Indian Reservations

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Roberta Estes

How things change in a little under 100 years. In the WWI draft, literally hundreds of men were registered on New York’s Indian reservations, with more registered off of the reservation, but within the county. Likely a result of a … Continue reading →