Surname Saturday...Margaret Ann WILSON What I know of my family's genealogy is largely based in Indian Territory which is now the state...

Trail of Tears, Slave Schedules & Chickasaw Freedmen Martin Beasley wrote: “Could make out some names on that list; Sad, so sad that...

Black & Red Vignettes~Evelyn Norwood Evelyn Norwood nee Brown The first time I met Evelyn she phoned me out of the blue and where she got...

Ardena Darneal-Jones was born March 17th1897 in Braden, Indian Territory on the on the former slave plantation of John Ring. The Ring...

Listen in as Oklahoma Freedmen Collective planning committee member Angela Walton-Raji does a session on tracing Cherokee Freedmen prior...

When writing the story of your ancestors if you have photographs, old bibles, birth or death certificates these items can be very useful...

As we develop stories about our ancestor’s history we can draw upon numerous documents that exist such as Dawes Land Enrollment Cards,...

It is said that our ancestors didn’t write their own history therefore making it practically impossible to tell their story. I happen to...

The 69 Choctaw Freedmen Who Elected to Leave There are numerous resources for Researching Choctaw Freedmen. The “basic” record from the...