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As well, many people claim Cherokee ancestry, but were not actually Cherokee. There were many other nations around Cherokee, and some folks would simply call themselves Cherokee to save a lot of confusion. Thus, a person might have grown up believing they were Cherokee, but their Native American grandfather or great-grandmother would not show up on Cherokee genealogy. This is a strange but very true fact of life for those who know they are descendents of Native Americans, but cannot figure out anything past one name.
However, for those who are Cherokee and know it, and can find proper names for their ancestors, Cherokee genealogy is very complete. There are many books, papers, and websites that are dedicated to showing family trees. If you can trace names properly, you will be able to go back quite a ways into past and find many of your ancestors. For those who can manage it, Cherokee genealogy is a rich mine of information about names and places where your ancestors were born, lived, and died.
If you have time and energy and knowledge that you need, you can trace your ancestry back to men and women living as natives on shores of New World. So give Cherokee genealogy a try figure out that much more about your family.
http://www.familytreeshistory.com/ is a categorized resource directory to help explore the world of genealogy, or family trees, including the history of our ancestors.