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Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Looking for...
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:21:32 EDT


Thank you for that information. I don't remember exactly what I posted in my
inquiry. Did I mention that Frank was (according to the family's "verbal
records") American Indian? It sounds like I may have listed him as black, although,
I'm not sure of that either. I do know he was born in TENN. and I would like
to find him somewhere. Patty

In a message dated 5/18/2005 12:23:01 PM Mountain Standard Time,
writes:

> Dear Patty - Looking for >Frank Burton for the year 1894.<
>
> Unless the marriage was performed on Indian Territory by an Indian priest,
> even then, records were not kept regularly and the chances of finding a
> marriage documentation is rare for any ethnic blends or mixes. Even Indian to a
> white person was rarely recorded. If a listing is given that they're living
> together as a husband and wife such as a Fed Census, their union was probably
> courtesy of NO ceremony. The understanding through common-law was accepted
> that they're married, with NO benefit of a legal certificate or documentation.
>
>
> It's a sad situation but all so true. I have to accept in my own family,
> having little if none over documentation and even then, with what I do have,
> it's vague ... to say the least, doesn't verify much.
>
> Good Luck, I'm interested in what or if anything pops up for you in your
> hunt. Please keep us posted if something breaks through?
>
> Shelia C. Bachelder
> Austin, MN
> Meandering Minnesota Meadows
> Original Origins Oklahoma
>


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