Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum

Introduction and Instructions

This message board covers a geographic area extending roughly from northern West Virginia to the tip of Florida in the south and from Central Louisiana to the Atlantic in the east. To see a map that shows this area, consult Paula Giese's work, North American Pre-Contact Native Culture Areas GIS map. Paula's map shows the area for our discussion as the Southern Woodland culture areas.

This culture area includes four linguistic families:

Muskagian Linguistic Family

Iroquoian Linguistic Family

Siouan Linguistic Family

Timucuan Linguistic Family

Consideration of these tribes from the standpoint of language is very useful to the genealogist. It helps us understand how tribes were, later, grouped on reservations. It tells us what their pre-contact (with Europeans) migrations might have been. It gives insight to the reasons certain tribes formed certain alliances during the Colonial, Revolutionary and more recent historical periods. It also presents many mysteries concerning the dissemination or diaspora of the Indian Nations throughout history.

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Remember, please, that the tribe lists and geographic areas described are approximate and the dilineations are soft. If your people are from an area nearby or are not listed but known to be in the area, please don't hesitate to post your message.

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Within the Muskagian Linguistic Family of the Southern Woodland culture areas are the following tribes:

Western Tennessee

Kaskinampa

Chickasaw

Mississippi

Chickasaw

Taposa

Chakchiuma

Choctaw

Louisiana

Acolapissa

Houma

Tangipahoa

Bayogoula

Quinipissa

Choctaw

Alabama

Koasati

Tali

Napochi

Muskogee

Creek

Alabama

Choctaw

Tohome

Mobile

Pascagoula

Tuskegee

Muklasa

Apalachicola

Sawakli

Georgia

Muskogee

Creek

Oconee

Mikasuki

Yamasee

Tamathoi

Hitchiti

Chiaha

Tuskegee

Sawokli

Guale

South Carolina

Cusabo

Stono

Edisto

Guale

Northwestern Florida

Pensacola

Chatot

Apalachee

Osochi

Florida

Seminole

Mikasuki-Hitchiti

Within the Iroquoian Linguistic Family of the Southern Woodland culture areas are the following tribes:

Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia

Cherokee

Within the Siouan Linguistic Family of the Southern Woodland culture areas are the following tribes:

Virginia and West Virginia

Manahoac

Saponi

Nahyssan

Monacan

Moneton

Tutela

Occaneechi

North and South Carolina

Shaccoree

Eno-Shakori

Sissipahaw

Yadkin

Keyouwee

Woccon

Cape Fear

Sugeree

Waxhaw

Winyaw

Waccamaw

Pedee

Santee

Sewee

Congaree

Wateree

Catawba

Cheraw

Mississippi and Alabama

Biloxi

Mississippi

Ofo

Within the Timucuan Linguistic Family of the Southern Woodland culture areas are the following tribes:

Georgia

Icaful

Yui

Tacatacuru

Florida

Aguacalaquen

Utina

Yustaga

Ocale

Acuera

Timucua

Urrdaracoxi

Tocobaga

Freshwater Indians

Surrugue

Guacata

Jeaga

Tekesta

Calusa

Ais

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Reference Books which can be consulted for details on these tribes include:

Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico.New York, Greenwood Press [1969]2 v. illus. 27 cm.

The Gale encyclopedia of Native American tribes / edited by Sharon Malinowski ... [et al.].Detroit : Gale, c1998.4 v.

The Indian tribes of North America / John R. Swanton.Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.726 p. ; 23 cm

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How to Write a Query

When using Message Boards and Mailing Lists online, it's important to understand what your readers need to know about your research problem or question (query). Following are instructions for writing queries. If you follow these instructions, you will have greater and more appropriate responses to your queries.

REMEMBER: You will be consulting people who are experts in their fields and very busy. An incomplete or improperly written query will probably garner a "sorry, no information" answer from most other experts. However, I am dedicated to teaching genealogy as well as answering questions in my area of interest, so, do, please, keep a copy of this instruction and consult it when you make your next request for information.

REMEMBER: In writing your query, answer the following questions, so far as you are able. If the information you have is uncertain, follow it with a question mark (?). If you have no information, place a blank area in the query ( _______ ). Abbreviate birth (b), marriage (m) and death (d). If you have to list more than one marriage write them (m1), (m2), etc.

YOUR QUERY SHOULD ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. Who is the person you want to find information about (if a female, give her maiden name, or, if none is known, explain)?

2. When and where was this person born (b), where and when did he die (d), where and when did he marry (m)?

3. Who did this person marry? Where did this person marry?

4. Who were the children that resulted from the marriage (b, d, m) and what were the names of their spouses (no further information needed for the children's spouses unless there is some pertinent reason to add more)?

5. Who were the parents (b,d,m) of the person on whom you are focusing (question #1)? Where and when did they live and die, etc?

6. Who were the siblings (brothers and sisters) (b,d,m) of the person on whom you are focusing (question #1)? Where and when did they live and die, etc?

7. With what tribe(s) do you think your focus person was associated?

8. Why do you think your focus person was Indian (physical characteristics, family story, Indian name, proximity to tribes, etc.)?

TO PREPARE AND USE YOUR QUERY:

Write your query in a word processor (answering ALL of the questions), select and copy it onto your clip board; then go out on the web and look for places to deposit it. As long as you don't use your copy command on anything else, it will remain in memory. All you need to do to insert it is to click on the place where you want it to go, and click on "paste". Simple, huh?

BE SURE TO PLACE YOUR SURNAME(S) AND PLACENAMES IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE QUERY SO READERS CAN SORT THEM OUT QUICKLY.

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"GENEALOGY WITHOUT PROOF IS MYTHOLOGY"

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