Can trace back on my mother's side to the mid 1600's, ancestors mostly from England, Ireland and Wales. Midway is one Captain Pickett, civil war era. Not sure how close Captain Pickett was related to Maj. Gen. George Pickett, of "Pickett's Charge" fame. Another was a Union Army doctor. Father's side is inscrutable.....his mother was American Indian, what tribe/pedigree unknown, and it seems not many records available. Wife's side has a seagoing ship's captain, possibly German descent, and Cherokee Indian from Alabama. Not many records on the Cherokee side for her either. Guess they didn't keep many records on birch bark....