MY MOM;ANNIE VIOLA MCLAIN HERBERT/KELLEY,HAD 10 KIDS>>> 5 WITH MY FATHER ,"MARION  ELLISWORTH SMITH/KELLEY," AND 5 WITH, JAMES GUY HERBERT. SHE DIED AT AN EARLY AGE OF  35... I HARDLY KNEW HER. I'VE ALWAYS 
 BEEN TOLD THAT MY FAMILY WAS OF INDIAN DESCENT,(CHEROKEE AND PAWNEE). TO DATE  I DONT HAVE MUCH INFO ON THE PAWNEE ANCESTERS. BUT, I HAVE RUN DOWN ALOT OF MY  CHEROKEE ANCESTERS. I AM A DESCENDANT OF "CHEIF OF CHOTA"(MOYTOY) AND  (QUATSY) ,AND A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF, "MOST BELOVED WOMAN OF THE CHEROKEES", (NANCY WARD), THROUGH JESSE MCLAIN/DELILAH HILDERBRAND LINEAGE.ITS TAKEN ME ALL MY  LIFE TO FIND,AND GET THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB SITE. GRANTED, I DIDN'T WORK ON IT  OFTEN, BUT THE PAPER TRAIL I STARTED, WAS A LONG AND SLOW PROCESS.WHAT I HAVE FOUND,I  WILL SAY,I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE A DESCENDANT 
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MY SOURCES ARE;...
                      
              ( 1 )        MY USEFUL LINKS:
              ( 2 )        MY FAMILY LINKS
              ( 3 )        DATABASE SEARCHING
              ( 4 )        MICROFILM (FT, WORTH)
              ( 5 )        VARIOUS COURT RECORDS
              ( 6 )        OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
              ( 7 )        DAWES ROLL
              ( 8 )        MILLER ROLL
              ( 9 )        RESERVATION ROLL
              ( 10 )       BAKER ROLL
              ( 11 )       DRENNEN ROLL
              ( 12 )       CHEROKEE CENSUS
              ( 13 )       OKLAHOMA STATE AND FEDERAL CENSUS 1851-1930              ( 14 )       MISSOURI VITAL RECORDS
              ( 15 )       OKLAHOMA VITAL RECORDS
              ( 16 )       GOV/MEDIA IMAGES
              ( 17 )       CHEROKEE LINEAGES "JAMES R HICKS"              ( 18 )       ALL THINGS CHEROKEE BY; EMMETT STARR              ( 19 )       HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS BY EMMETT STARR





MY OWN WORK WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, AND IM SURE,THERE ARE OTHERS THAT I HAVE  FORGOTTEN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE "KNOWN AND/OR UNKNOWN",  THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED, IN ANY WAY , TO THE RESEARCH AND BUILDING OF THIS FAMILY TREE.