The surnames that I am researching are FLAHERTY, PATTON, KEYS, RILEY, ZIMMERMAN, PETERSON, THAYER, MCLEESE (MCLEAS), BOOTHE, LAVENDER (LAVINDER), HAMMETT.

My name is Shanna, nickname is Shay.  I'm a very straight forward and down to earth type of person and will speak my mind if need be.   I am a mother, wife, daughter and sister. I am the oldest of three.  I have one younger brother and sister.  Our father passed on 8 years ago after a hard six months battle with cancer and our mother is a breast cancer survivor.      

I am happily married and I have one beautiful 21 year old daughter Meagan who is a model, has an Associates Degree in Photography Technology from OSU, Okmulgee and is currently studying Veterinarian Technology at Tulsa Community College West.  I am extremely proud of her.  I also have one 19 year old step-daughter Adre'Anne who lives in Purcell, Oklahoma, works at Braums and is trying to get her life straightened out.

I have been doing genealogy research on my family for almost 20 years.  I have found many cousins and they have found me through the net.  I am a registered member of the Western Cherokee Tribe based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.  My Grandmother Otta Gertrude (Keys) Flaherty was an original enrollee.