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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 411851" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>True Donna, it's sad and can certainly be very very confusing. </p><p></p><p>I did some research on my Dad's side.........let's just say if you want to have a nervous breakdown quick try to do it with very little info except people's names and since they were native......tended to drift a LOT between canada and america without thought. Then you've got native culture where a person's name will change for various reasons, male and female.........plus you've got americanized versions as well for some.......many census and reservation personnel would decide to add a christian sirname....sometimes a full name just because........omg.........and the whole does the nation do the family line paternally or maternally ugh Oh, and let's not forget children shipped off to Indian schools, some of whom chose normal chrisitan names and then never returned so in effect "lost" to their families.</p><p></p><p>I've decided first opportunity I'm headed out for family on the rez and they can answer (hopefully) enough questions to make it somewhat less confusing. lol Otherwise? I give up on actual dates ect. I'll just have to make do with names/places/ time periods and the stories themselves. </p><p></p><p>My maternal grandmother's side is a cake walk compared to my father's side. ugh lol I <strong>know</strong> when my great grandfather boarded the ship with his parents to come over from germany. I <strong>know</strong> when he founded the town outside the city where I grew up, even the date it was founded ect. So much easier. Is why I was so ticked when my cousin couldn't even get dates for the present time correct. sigh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 411851, member: 84"] True Donna, it's sad and can certainly be very very confusing. I did some research on my Dad's side.........let's just say if you want to have a nervous breakdown quick try to do it with very little info except people's names and since they were native......tended to drift a LOT between canada and america without thought. Then you've got native culture where a person's name will change for various reasons, male and female.........plus you've got americanized versions as well for some.......many census and reservation personnel would decide to add a christian sirname....sometimes a full name just because........omg.........and the whole does the nation do the family line paternally or maternally ugh Oh, and let's not forget children shipped off to Indian schools, some of whom chose normal chrisitan names and then never returned so in effect "lost" to their families. I've decided first opportunity I'm headed out for family on the rez and they can answer (hopefully) enough questions to make it somewhat less confusing. lol Otherwise? I give up on actual dates ect. I'll just have to make do with names/places/ time periods and the stories themselves. My maternal grandmother's side is a cake walk compared to my father's side. ugh lol I [B]know[/B] when my great grandfather boarded the ship with his parents to come over from germany. I [B]know[/B] when he founded the town outside the city where I grew up, even the date it was founded ect. So much easier. Is why I was so ticked when my cousin couldn't even get dates for the present time correct. sigh [/QUOTE]
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