The Trail of Tears Association (TOTA) National Conference will be held in Decatur, Alabama. TOTA is a non-profit, membership organization formed in 1993 to support…
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CHC Spring Genealogy Workshop
ATTEND CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER’S SPRING GENEALOGY WORKSHOP Registration Form Join the Cherokee Heritage Center on Saturday, April 14, at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish…
Capturing Native ancestors in photos
While we are all familiar with the portraits of Native Americans taken by photographers like Edward Curtis, finding photos of individual Native Americans can sometimes…
The Native American Censuses
One of the go-to tools for the genealogist/family historian is the population census. The U.S. Federal Census is the first tool I reach for when…
Your Native ancestors in newspapers
Newspapers have played an important role in documenting and shaping this nation since the time of the Revolutionary War. For many generations, the newspaper was…