Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• Red River marriage records from Jim Byrd. 3 comments, most recently from Bianky on September 14, 2012

  Is there any way to search marriage records for Red River county, Texas, for the years 1890-1900? Would I have to go there, or can it be done remotely somehow?

• Looking for "Virginia" from Brownsville area c. 1971 from Jennifer Guzman on September 13, 2012

  My father-in-law was born to a Choctaw woman in August of 1971. She had left her husband when she was pregnant but then died in childbirth. He was given to a family in Mexico as an infant who raised him. The only information he has about his birth was that…

• James Mack Walker from Greg Walker. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 13, 2012

  I have recently found out that my great-grandfather was Indian and may have even been the Chief of a Tribe. He was born in 1883 and died in 1919 and his nam was James Mack Walker. I am not sure where to start or even what tribe but my mother…

• Trying to find Choctaws before the Dawes Roll from Jim Byrd. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 13, 2012

  I’m looking for some people who were probably around about 1850 or so, but who do not show up on the Dawes (maybe they died and had no offspring). Is there any kind of census or list that can be searched for that time period?

• Long Titsworth...not a bad joke...he is my 3rd great grandfather. from Rhonda A. Stahl. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 13, 2012

  Desperately seeking info…ok bad 1980s joke…but I would love to know more about him…. DOB 8/1807…sound familiar??? let me know! Yakoke!

• Ida May Cole from Alvin Watts. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 13, 2012

  I am wanting any information on my great grandmother Ida May Cole. I know that her parents were Daniel and Jahazy Cole. She was born around 1888/9.

• Whitworth from akoda. 3 comments, most recently from akoda on September 11, 2012

  Hi I am trying to find out about my great grandmother Nannam Jane Whitworth Birth Jan 1872 Death 15 Jan 1902 in Choctaw Nation Indian Territory, USA I know the date of death from an old family bible but have not found anything else on her. I would like to…

• McCurtins out there?? from Catherine McCurtin. 5 comments, most recently from ProudChoctaw57 on September 11, 2012

  Hi. I happened upon this site and saw that some people were looking for information about their name, McCurtin.I am writing from Ireland. The name comes from the North and the West of this country, and in Gaelic it is MacCruitin, meanin ‘son’ (Mc) ‘of the poets’.The family were very…

• Birtie Spardling or Wilken Billy from Anita Kay. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 11, 2012

  Please help me find any information on these persons. I am the great grandchild of Birtie Spradling. I know she was born on Indian terratory land and then moved to reservation berfore moving to Texas later when married. Any Information on her or her father William Spradling or maybe Wilken…

• Jesse McKinney from shaine. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 10, 2012

  Looking for info on Jesse McKinney. Slave owner in Indian territory. cant find any info on him. My great grandmother was one of his slaves and im starting to believe that was her father as well. How do i find documents to prove this?

• Looking for information on my Great Mother, possibly Choctaw from Jeffrey Mahon. 3 comments, most recently from Jeffrey Mahon on September 9, 2012

  I am looking for information on my Great-Grandmother “Mamie Elizabeth Burns” born in 1884 in Kansas. According to my late Grandfather whom I never meant, his mother was full blooded Choctaw Indian, adopted (or sold to) Robert and Alice Burns in Independence Kansas when she as 11 (around 1895) to…

• I would like to enroll in the tribe. from Betty Jolly-Orf. 7 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 8, 2012

  I have known all my life that I am Choctaw. With today’s vast technology, I have found the document I needed to prove this. I would like to see about enrolling in the Choctaw tribe. I have done the research and found the hearing from the tribe acknowledging my grandfather,…

• Trying to find Grandfather who was Choctaw from Wanda Cotton. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 8, 2012

  I am the granddaughter of Augustus Adolphus Cotton who is/was my father’s father. I am trying to trace lineage and have run into a snag because I only know he resided in Oklahoma and was/is Choctaw My father was born in Eufala, OK and carries my grandfather’s first name, Augustus…

• Searching for my Ancestors from Linda Pendley. 6 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 7, 2012

  I am trying to trace my Choctaw heritage, I have found the following information from roots web Native American Data for Emma Barber. Card # MCR4528; lists my Great-Great-grand Parents; Elmira Barber-Joe Barber. Children are listed as 1/2 Blood. This is all I can find. I don’t know how Margaret…

• Trying to locate some heritage information on my Great Grand Mother from Carleen Cochran. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 6, 2012

  Trying to find heritage info on my Great Grandma: [Grandma]Sarah Barker Davis was born in 1883, her father was Charles Barker b. <1851> in Boone Co. WV [VA], Peytona district, mother was Mary b.<1856>. Sarah had 5-6 siblings Ora, Gladys, Valarie, Lula and Charles [b 1885]. Great Grandpa was John…

• John Grief Burkes from T. Lane Burkes. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 5, 2012

  Hello, I am researching the “Burkes” family tree. Below is the information I have been able to gather so far. If it is helpful in your quest I would love to hear from you. Email: lane@mrmarlow.com If you have info to share I would really appreciate it.
  Burkes Family History…

• Trying to find America Bagley my Choctaw anscestor from Simone La Londe. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 4, 2012

  So I have known for quite some time that I am Choctaw, but have just recently been trying to find out exactly where that comes from and how it affects me. I will be attending college and it would be nice to have some support from my heritage. I do…

• Kenneth Ayers (Please Read) from Kenneth Ayers. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 4, 2012

  I am the son of Kenneth Jerold Ayers; who was born on October 12,1943 and murdered on May 15, 1975 in El Paso TX, and was a member of this tribe. I am currently married to a member of the Sicangu Lakota Tribe in South Dakota with three daughters. I…

• Oscar Meadows from George Westbrook. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 4, 2012

  Oscar Meadows was my Great Grandpa. My Grandpa was Raymond Meadows. I am trying everywhere I can to find where he lived and which wife he was married to in 1909. Also, where, who his parents were. Can anyone help me?

• Tracing my lineage: Wade from Nicole. 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on September 4, 2012

  On my mothers side we know that we have strong Choctaw blood that is not far back by generations but time-wise it is (my family has always had children late in life it seems). My grandmother, Sarah Wade-Boyd (she passed away in Dec of 1941) her mother Nancy Wade was…