Could you please look up McElhany/McElhenney or any spelling close.  I
appreciate your offer and yes, this is a keg of worms.  But, we worms
appreciate those who offer their assistance to us.

Loy at [email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 10:34 PM
Subject: South Carolina-Look Ups- Indian


Greetings
>
>I think I may be jumping into a bucket of worms,  keep smiling, but I have
a
>book that has a huge index of names starting from the 1600s to 1700s of
>people that married or were of Indian blood.  If you are looking to link
>your family to the South Carolina Tribes, I will do lookups for you.
>
>I request, please only two surnames per person,
>
>Give surnames,
>first name  of person or persons.
>dates when person lived,
>tribe if known.
>Area in SC---- if known
>plus any other information you think would be helpful.
>
>The book contains information from births, deaths, tribe and history of
>marriages.  Family, children's names, deeds of land, rivers, towns, areas,
>etc.  Court appearences,
>
>this book is over 500 pages and is packed with information on the South
>Carolina indians, traders and other ethnic connections.
>
>I cannot promise miracles, but I do know that many, many people, such as
>traders with the Indians and early settlers of South Carolina married into
>the Indian tribes.   Some where taken as slaves on both sides.  This
>includes, black, white, Indian, etc.
>
>In South Carolina, the term Mulatto---- means their mother was of Indian
>blood --- not of the black race, interesting to say the least.
>If they were of the black race a different term was used.
>
>I just bought this book from a dealer in Tennessee and it's like full of
>genealogy.
>
>So,  please let me know if you would like a lookup for your family if you
>have heard your are of Indian descent through South Carolina tribes.
>
>I will do my best to help you.  It's on a first come, first serve request.
>I cannot promise a quick reply, as I do many look-ups for genealogy for
union
>and Fairfield Country also on families.
>
>I do this in my spare time which is very slight, working 40 hrs a week and
>running a family plus outside interests.  I can say this.  I have always
>written everyone back that has requested lookups.  It may take a week or
two,
>but I will do this for you.
>
>Sincerely,-----with God's blessings to you and yours
>Melinda
>
>