Guest Book

18 September, 2006

Remember. We are here to cross the swamp, not to fight the alligators.

Name: Emily Anna- Vass
EMail: eanna479@msn.com
Home: Rota, Cadiz, Spain
Tribe: Delaware/Choctaw

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Congrats for having such a great site. I am a descendant of Captain Falleaf. My great grandfather was Richard Falleaf Sr. I am doing some research on Captain Falleaf and that is how I stumbled on to this website.

Name: Sheri Sears
EMail: sherisears@msn.com
Home: NYC
Tribe: Lenai Lenapi & Cherokee

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I see one of my family members posted a comment below. Thanks to her I have been learning much about my Native American heritage. Thank you Jackie... I am a proud member of the Sears family from Bartlesville OK and would like to learn more about our ancestors. I am concerned with some of the things I read however. There was something I had read once in a posting from teh Lenape tribe in PA. It seems as though they cannot get PA to recognize them as a tribe because they don't want them to open up casinos. My understanding is that the Lenape tribe is against gambling (religous reasons according to the posting) What they are seeking is benefits etc.. I'm not quite sure cause I don't know much about politics, but I'd like to learn more about what is going on. I can't find the posting I had read. Is anyone aware of where I can find more information about this. Also, is this what's happening to the Delaware Tribe in OK? Will the benefits still be available to those who have roll numbers?

Name: Patricia King Alberson
EMail: nightingale_paa@yahoo.com
Home: Jacksonville Florida
Tribe: Lenape - Delaware

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I have found information on my ancestors. Peter Womelsdorf married Indian woman Minorca on the Conestoga River in 1674 , in what is now Lancaster Pennsylvania. If anyone can help me with more information , it would be greatly appreciated. lapich knewel Patricia King Alberson nightingale_paa @yahoo.com

Name: Allen Rogers
EMail: arogers3@sc.rr.com
Home: Pawleys Island, SC
Tribe: Rogers Cherokee

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My family was from Shawnee, OK and my grandfather was of Cherokee and Welch extraction. My grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee. My grandfathers given name was AD and he was born in Oklahoma around 1900. If anyone can help from there I would appreciate it.

Name: Sean Nassiri
EMail: seann@mac.com
Home: Oakland, CA
Tribe: Lenape/Delaware

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Hi there - My name appears near the bottom of the genealogical list, perhaps 8th generation. I was very interested to find that a number of my mother's relatives also live in Oakland, CA. Her father was Delbert Paul Ray. I can provide more information on our side of the family if someone is willing to contact me.

Name: Goodtiller
EMail: Goodtiller@hotmail.com
Home: Berwick,Pa (banks of river Sisquehanuk)
Tribe: Shawano/Lenape ancestry

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Just to let you know I exist. Family tradition,a name,and the faces of my grand parents and great aunts and uncles is all that's left.My mother met Jenny little fox when she was very young, described her as a small woman with long black hair and dark skin. My grand mothers people were from wyomink area, "old shawnee flats" (now called plymouth,Pa just a few miles north of Nanticoke,Pa.) my grand father,Her husband, was from the Lenape/shawano town of Nescopeck, across the river from Berwick where I was born.I have always thot of these people as my ancesters rather than the euros. I have traveled to Munci,Ontario and spent some time with the anishinabi and met one of the Lenapi men the. I am a maker of native archery bows and arrows. killed my first buck with an old style lenape hickory bow and stone tipped arrow. Just wanted to greet you and let you know I exist. Goodtiller

Name: Goodtiller
EMail: Goodtiller@hotmail.com
Home: Berwick,Pa (banks of river Sisquehanuk)
Tribe: Shawano/Lenape ancestry

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Name: Jennis Frame
EMail: sinnej@hotmail.com
Home: Elkins WV
Tribe: Delaware & Cherokee

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Your web site is great.I really enjoyed what info I found has been very helpful.I am a descendent from the Cottrell Schoolcraft, Killbuck & Rogers line.I have no intrest in what percentage my blood line is. Our Great Creator knows my blood,and I know whats in my heart I am a Native American and proud to be of the Delaware & Cherokee descent.I have heard sence childhood thet the Rogers were Cherokee and Shawnee although I have no paper proof but then again I need no proof.Whats in my heart is proof enough for my peace of mind. Jennis (Wind Dreamer)Frame

Name: Chris
EMail: cfhahn@lenapedelawarehistory.net
Home: Pasadena, MD
Tribe: KD

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Name: Jennifer Hopkins
EMail: jen_17_hopkins@hotmail.com
Home: Moraviantown
Tribe: Delaware Nation of the Thames

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Thank you for this site I have been looking for something like this for a long time. I have one peoblem is that I was looking for something on my father Leighton Hopkins if anyone has any information please contact me at the above address.

Name: Bill
EMail: bill.pirkle@sbcglobal.net
Home: Dallas, TX
Tribe: None

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Help Please.... I am doing some research for my girlfriend. She was adopted right after birth(Oct 22, 1974) in OK. She knows her last name was Ketchum, but cannot find out much more than that. She would like to see what her parents looked like and discover any health issues history she may have. Does anyone have any advice on how to find out this information? All doors seem to have closed in her face. Thanks and best regards.

Name: emily welches
EMail: sesw@sbcglobal.net
Home: indiana
Tribe: delawarei have been searching for

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I have been searching for information on Chief Anderson. my grandmother was Elsie Anderson and i believe she was originally from Summitville, Indiana. i have traced back to Asa Anderson who was a relative of Chief Wm Anderson. any info on my search would be greatly appreciated. you may contact me at sesw@sbcglobal.net. great site. thanks.

Name: January Helms Hendricks
EMail: Jecasse@aol.com
Home: Manhattan, Illinois
Tribe: No official affiliation, but I have Lenape, possibly Nanticoke, & other NA blood.
Comments: Wanishi Chris & Staff, I just discovered your web site, and literally sat down and cried! I have been researching (or attempting to) my family's Lenape/Delaware history for more than a decade now, yet still have only bits and pieces and wonder if I will ever find the complete story of our ancestry. The main line I have been working on is the Hickman family. Although I have just barely skimmed your site, I did notice there were Hickman individuals listed in more than one place. I will be watching for your updates, etc., and hope to use your site often in order to help pull together the many Hickman relations who are also interested in their Lenape ancestry. Just a few of the allied family lines include Keeling, Helms, Kinneer, Fry, Ketchum, Beals, and many more. Again, thank you very much for putting forth a tremendous effort in order to bring all of this together. If there is any way that I can help, please let me know. Best Regards, Jan Helms Hendricks (Jecasse@aol.com)

Name: Christina Ballenger
EMail: cmblkg@hotmail.com
Home: Anderson, IN
Tribe: Delaware Indians
Comments: Hi, my name is Christina and I have been trying to research my roots. My 5th great grandfather is Chief Anderson aka Kik-tha-we-nund. I lost my great grandfather this year at the age of 95. He told me stories about my ancestors. His mother was from Kokomo and buried their. Her name is Maude Lesley Shepherd, (Chief Anderson's great granddaughter). Please help give me some more input on my family.

Name: Tonya Anna
EMail: tanna@contours.com
Home: Ohio
Tribe: Delaware/Choctaw

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Wonderful site from what I have seen so far. I congratulate you on informing people on the Delawares and our history. I am from the Turtle Clan and a descendent of Captain Falleaf. My grandfather was Richard Falleaf Sr. We have the Delaware Pow-Wow every Memorial Day weekend in Copan, Oklahoma. I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone know we have lost two of our elders within this past month. The first being Leonard Thompson who was 98 years old. He spoke and understood our language extremely well and was our Ceremonial Chief. The second being Fred Falleaf who owned the land where we have our pow-wow who passed on due to cancer. They will be greatly missed during 2003 activities.

Name: Juanita TAYLOR
EMail: zipnails@aol.com
Home: Florida
Tribe: Searching Delaware and Jersey
Comments: I love this site. I have been trying for many years to find who and what Indian blood I carry. Since all are passed in my family its very difficult. My great grandmother Elizabeth (Lafferty) Taylor m. William Henry TAYLOR had a huge painted picture on her mantel of full head dressed Indian and always bragged proudly of the man. No one seems to remember as to what relation he was to her. I am told more then one Indian line. Also told Indian maiden married from Bridgeton, N.J. Elizabeth lived in Cape May County, New Jersey part of her life. I have found these last names going back in my line also. Christopher Taylor of wildwood, N.J. b. 1869 d.1938 m. Anna Madden children William my great grandfather, Edgar, Nellie. William Taylor b.feb.1842 d.1923 m. jan.1866 in Bridgton, N.J. to Elizabeth Garrison children Christopher, Samuel, Bellvirda, Lura (laura), Madorah, Eva. Jacob Taylor m. abt.1841 in Mayville, N.J. to Catherine Williams. Also last names Berryman, Betz, Schoenborn, Hamilton. I have no clue an going nuts trying to figure out who was of Indian blood .If anyone would know how to help me or knows of these names around Jersey, Penns, Delaware please help.zipnails@aol.com P.O. BOX 1942 NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA 34656 Thanks for this wonderful site.

Name: Donald Ryniker
EMail: donsfarm@mlec.net
Home: Tenn.
Tribe: Many Lenape relatives
Comments: WOW this is AWESOME the best and most informative site I have ever visited. For many years I have looked for this information, and now it's here. Thank you, thank you. I am a descendent of William Conner and E. Chapman (his 2nd wife) my mother was Edith Conner. For the last few years I have tried to locate and communicate with my Lenape relatives, currently I have and ad coming out in the Delaware Indian News to locate them as I have been told they do exist and would like to talk to me also. This site increases my knowledge about the Lenape more than anything else I have found. Thank you so much I love it.

Name: Theresa Pray
EMail: chayman@prodigy.net
Home: USA
Tribe: Delaware
Comments: Hello, I am so thrilled with Tom's site, it just amazes me the information he was able to dig up on such an elusive family. My hat's off to you Tom. Thank You for all of your generosity and kind patronage, it is well deserved.

Name: White Elk Pete Kingston
EMail: whiteelk@delawaresofidaho.org
Home: Boise, Idaho
Tribe: Delawares of Idaho
Comments: I have enjoyed your site. You really have allot of information. I looked all over but I could not find the contact information for the webmaster. I have placed a link from our not for profit site, http://www.delawaresofidaho.org/ Please email me at the above address if this is not ok and I will take it down. I just started taking care of it, and it is growing every day. I only hope to have as much info as you. My Grandfather, Clyde W. Creech Sr., has been researching this for the last 23 years, and we are just now starting to get it compiled and on the web. Thanks for this wonderful resource.

Name: James Down River Fox Reineke
EMail: reineke@compuserve.com
Home: Mandeville, Louisiana (Way Down River)
Tribe: Kansas Delaware
Comments: Thanks for creating such an informative web site. I have reviewed it today with my parents, Robert and Donna Reineke (daughter of Margaret Hahn). We particularly liked the genealogical information that has helped us to understand our ancestry better. I look forward to referring to the site often to further expand my knowledge of the Delaware tribe. I hope to attend one of the future annual meetings at the Grinter House of which my parents have spoken so highly. Best Regards, Jim Reineke

Name: Gloria Marker Fortney
EMail: GJF911Go@AOL.COM
Home: Oklahoma
Tribe: Lenape Delaware
Comments: What a wonderful website. I am so happy to see the listings for cemeteries. Has anyone information on the Killbuck family? I am descended from Gelelemend (alias William Henry Killbuck) a Delaware Chief during the Revolutionary War. He became a member of the Moravian Mission of David Zeisberger in 1789. He is buried in the Cemetery in Goshen, Ohio. Has anyone looked at the Moravian Cemeteries? There is one in Ottawa, Kansas with a lot of Delaware buried there. Also at Goshen, Oh. At Willow Springs Cemetery in Ketchum, a lot of my family are buried their that are Delaware. Gelelemend's great granddaughter is buried there along with several of her children and grandchildren. Some of the surnames are Marker, Rogers, Warner, Davis, Dietrick, Woodall. Has anyone run across William Henry Killbuck who died in at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1852? He is my ggggrandfather. I would love any information.

Name: Carl Night Eagle Lenape Wild Turkey Clan
EMail: Neahweha@aol.com
Home: Lenapehoking (Land of the Lenape)
Tribe: Eastern Lenape Nation of Pa. ( We're still here! )
Comments: Though we are thoughtlessly not recognized in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in Washington DC, we are still here in Lenapehoking as 'caretakers' of the Earth Mother and of each other. Many of us here are not 'full-blooded', but we are still Lenape, regardless of the infamous BIA 'regulations' which arrogantly decides who's Indian and who isn't. The 'blood quantum' games are the invention of a Government agency that has (for years) mismanaged the funds that they are responsible to hold in "trust". They are the parasitic bunch that issue BIA registration cards (dog licenses) to whom they determine is Indian. Their questionable agenda to commit cultural genocide, is well known to thinking non-Indians who are becoming more 'educated' about the matter. As long as there is self-determination among all American Indian people (regardless of blood quantum) then we have the means to survive spiritually, culturally and economically. "As long as there is 'one to dance',' one to sing', 'one to speak' and one to listen', life will go on."

Name: Betty Jane Ryan
EMail: bjryan45@aol.com
Home: Albuquerque, NM
Tribe: Kansas Delaware
Comments: This is a very informative website. I use it daily, now. Please, ,what happened to the Descendancy chart of Twe-hul-lah-lah? Fortunately, I did print the first time I saw it but now it has disappeared for further reference.

Name: Barry Koerner
EMail: bkoerner@bak.rr.com
Home: Taft California
Tribe: Delaware Indian Ancestry
Comments: Under the family of Betsy Zeigler she had a grand daughter named Mary Sofia Koerner. The write up lists two dates for her death. Oct 1 and Oct 10 1923. The correct is Oct 1st 1923 according to the certificate of death. Leavenworth Co Doc # 4930. Keep up the good work. Barry Koerner

Name: Larry Heady
EMail: lenapelh@hotmail.com
Home: Minnesota
Tribe: Delaware Tribe of Indians
Comments: Your website is quite comprehensive and is helping me to fill in some blank spots in my own research. Those of us who wish to preserve Lenape heritage find your work invaluable. I am descended from Wicocalind, Kikthawenund, Ahkechelungunaqua and Mekin[g]ees through my great Grandmother, Sarah Halfmoon. Perhaps some of my research can be added to your site. Wanishi!

Name: Cheryl Temple
EMail: midknightred@msn.com
Home: Benton PA
Tribe: Delaware Indian Ancestry
Comments: My great great Uncle Edward Davis was full blooded and his mom name was Iantha Viola Jacoby Davis Marshall in they lived in Hartwood, New York. I have found quite a bit of information on the tribe from a book call The Pioneers of Quarry Hill even showed a pic. of her but trying to located more info on the tribe. This site is really helpful. Keep up the good job

Name: Cheryl Temple
EMail: midnightred@msn.com
Home: Benton PA
Tribe: Delaware Indian Ancestry
Comments: My great great Uncle Edward Davis was full blooded and his mom name was Iantha Viola Jacoby Davis Marshall in they lived in Hartwood, New York. have found quite a bit of information on the tribe from a book call The Pioneers of Quarry Hill even showed a pic. of her but trying to located more info on the tribe. This site is really helpful. Keep up the good job

Name: Michael Anthony Cheatham
EMail: firstraven@earthlink.net
Home: San Diego, California - born in Ohio
Tribe: Tsalagi Echota - Echota Cherokee ( enrolled)
Comments: howa ani qua nvgi ( alright Lenape ) There is a lot a history between our two peoples, some good some bad, but is good to see the Lenape strong again. Great site, Your Cherokee cousin from California Michael

Name: Jacklyn EVERETT BRATCHER Ernst
EMail: krystal_rose1999@yahoo.com
Home: CA
Tribe: Delaware Lenape
Comments: AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME site. You should ask the Delaware and Western Delawares if you could post a link from their site to this one. It is the best I've seen and I've seen some great Lenape sites...! You've done a great job... a great service to our peoples. Wanishi!

Name: Mandy Tribit
E-Mail: mtribit@home.com
Home: NJ
Tribe: Lenape/Delaware ???
Comments: After speaking with a great aunt, I got a lot of information on who I am looking for. I am hoping to make some phone calls in the morning, and get more information, now that I have more to go on. Here is what I found out, and what I am looking for.... The woman I am looking for is full blooded Native American. She had a son Norman Earl Lewis. This is what I know about her & her son. If anyone knows how to fill in the gaps, I would be most appreciative. My great great great grandmother had Norman Earl Lewis in Burlington or Mercer County, NJ. We are in question of who his father was, if any was around. We assume that Lewis was the mother's maiden name which she gave to her son. The father is said to be partial Native American, but we know nothing about him. My great great great grandmother then married a man of the last name Slimm who resided in Burlington, NJ. Norman Earl Lewis (my great great grandfather) looked very American Indian. He is very handsome in his pictures. He married Emma W. Pennington & lived in both Smithville, NJ & Trenton, NJ. He died spring 1968. He is buried in The Pemberton Baptist Cemetery in Pemberton, NJ. His funeral arrangements were made by Lankenau Funeral Home in Browns Mills, NJ. It was then called Miles Funeral Home. I am hoping if I call Mercer or Burlington County, they can give me Norman Earl Lewis's birth date and mother's name from his certificate. Than I will have my great great great grandmother's name. I assume that she wasn't part of a tribe because she remained in NJ after 1900s when most Indians relocated to reservations. But she had to have had parents, siblings, cousin who relocated & became reservation members. I know I have long lost cousins out there!!! I can't wait to find them!. I assume it would be the Lewis family. I am trying very very hard. If anyone has any clues, please help! mtribit@home.com

Name: M Tribit
E-Mail: mtribit@home.com
Home: NJ
Tribe: Lenape/Delaware ???
Comments: I am doing genealogical research on my great great grandmother, who has been said to be a Delaware Native American. Her child would have been Norman Earl Lewis or Emma w. Pennington. If any one has information on any of these people or the family last names, please contact me. I am stuck for answers. All I have is a picture of this Indian grandmother, a picture that highly resembles me. I am desperate to find out more about her, and her traditions.

Name: Jason Domanski
E-Mail: stratmanjd@hotmail.com
Home: Omaha, Nebraska
Tribe: Kansas Delaware
Comments: This site was very helpful and informative. The section on Delaware history was especially helpful to me. Thank you for providing all of this great information.

Name: William Young
E-Mail: youngw@jaynet.wcmo.edu
Home: Columbia, Missouri
Tribe:
Comments: My great-great grandfather was Isaac Mundy, government blacksmith for the Lenape in Kansas (1842-1858). I'm interested in contacting other descendants of those who may have lived at Delaware Crossing during the period. Thanks for the helpful site!

Name: BJ Conner
E-Mail: warthog@gte.net
Home: Oregon
Tribe: Don't know
Comments: Excellent site. The bibliography is very good and when I get through reading it We may know more. Well done and informative I have sent the link to others and will be back. BJ Conner

Name: Alexey
E-Mail: alexeytheb@mtu-net.ru
Home: Russia
Tribe: Russia
Comments: I am glad to see this site. I want to learn about Delaware. I found your site very useful. Thank you for your great page.

Name: Andy 7 Peoples
E-mail: nd7people@hotmail.com
Home: Russia
Tribe: Russian ("Delaware")
Comments: I live in Russia. I want to learn about Delaware more. In Russia many people interested by Indians. There is some person studying culture Delaware. My site devoted Delaware http://www.geocities.com/nd7people/Elenap.html Andrey

Name: Rick Lone Wolf
E-Mail: lonewolf13790@yahoo.com
Home: New York
Tribe: Mohawk
Comments: Great site, You should be proud.

Name: Lawrence Wear, Jr.
E-Mail: the_bear@usa.net
Home: California
Tribe: Delaware
Comments: I am glad to see this site available for myself and other Delaware members.

Name: Bonnie Wear
E-Mail: bonniewear@usa.net
Home: California and nArizona
Tribe: Delaware (my husband tribe member)
Comments: So glad to see a site that can help us fill in the missing blanks on our ancestry. Nice to meet other relatives on the net.

Name: Phillip Gray Wolf
E-Mail: waktame@ptd.net
Home: Pennsylvania
Tribe: Munsee
Comments: Great page... will visit often...glad to see a page like this formed. Be well and may Creator walk with all of you. Respectfully Philip Gray Wolf

Name: Sharon Clement
E-Mail: sageja@juno.com
Home: Oregon
Tribe: Osage/Cherokee
Comments: I have been researching my nieces and nephews line of Delaware for many years now. I am glad to see this site available to our Delaware researchers.

Name: Gwen Todd
E-Mail: skwamaw@brightok.net
Home: Southeastern Oklahoma
Tribe: None, but live among members of the Choctaw Nation
Comments: Although I have, to the best of my knowledge, no Native American blood lines, I have become quite interested in the Delaware through a late-in-life contact with an OLD (LOL) classmate from Topeka, Kansas, who is very active in this regard. I am finding the history, most interesting, as it covers much of the land I knew in my childhood, and increases my respect and admiration for those who cared for and lived upon this land before and immediately after the "white man" disrupted what must have been an arduous existence. Your site is well done and fascinating.

Name: Tom Swiftwater Hahn
E-Mail: thahn@swfla.rr.com
Home: Fort Myers, Florida
Tribe: Chairman, Kansas Delaware Tribal Council
Comments: Please note that our technical editor has reinstituted the guest book for 2001. We welcome your comments and ideas. Tom Swiftwater~~~, Editor

Name: Chris Hahn
cfhahn@hotmail.com
Home: Shepherdstown, WV
Tribe: Kansas Delaware
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Comments: Guest Book created. (Chris is the Technical Manager of this site. Editor)