Scattered Histories Make Native American Genealogy Difficult
Perhaps one of the most challenging searches for ancestry information is trying to conduct Native American genealogy research. As many tribes were nomadic and many more unsettled due to the expansion of non-Native Americans pushing westward into the country, many were dispersed in many different territories different times. Even many of the population lists compiled are not necessarily beneficial for Native American genealogy purposes. As the tribes may have joined with others or divided over land and hunting issues, relationships between the different people was often cloudy, at best.
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March 22 2008 | ancestry | 2 Comments »