Indian Biographies

Biographies are a good source of information on our ancestors.  They can be used as a tool to provide names, dates and location of your ancestor.  However, we should never except this as the true information on your family line.  We need to take into consideration who wrote the information, who provided the information, when it was written and where it was written.

Starting with where it was written, you may be able to use a census record, a birth or death record, family bible,  or a living family member for your research.  All I am saying is prove what the biography states.

Indian biographies are difficult to prove as they were usually written by a complete stranger, based on long told facts.  Many of the Indian biographies are on well known chiefs and are not the person you are searching for. 

We have put a great number of books online and I have gone through each of these and provided links to this information.  You will find duplicate names, but the biography will be from a different source.

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