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Date Posted: 03:03:31 10/04/04 Mon
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In reply to:
Kathie
's message, "Re: Cherokee Ancestry" on 09:39:03 10/30/02 Wed
There is a young girl who is doing work on the Navajo Indian Reservation. She claims she has enough degree of blood to be a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokees. She has Cherokee blood on both her parents side. Could you check her father's surname and give some help from the 1924 Baker roll for the surname HANDY?
>Following are some things that are on my website that
>will help you get started. If you want the help of a
>professional, please let me know. Thanks, Kathie
>http://www.amerindgenhelp.homestead.com/index.html
>
>AMERICAN INDIAN GENEALOGY HELP CENTER
>
>
>Researching Cherokee Records
>
>
>
>
>Copyright 2001 by Kathie M. Donahue, A.G., C.G.R.S.
>
>
>In some of your research you will need to trace lines
>using normal genealogical procedure. If you are new
>to genealogy, use the tutorials on
>http://www.ancestry.com (Click on "Learn") and/or
>http://www.familysearch.org. As you progress, be sure
>to check all new family names with the records of the
>Cherokee, East and West. To locate the indexes, you
>may wish to visit the LDS Family History Center close
>to where you live. To locate the closest center, go
>to http://www.familysearch.org; click on the link on
>the right-hand side of the home page.
>
>
>To see the index to the Western Dawes Rolls of the
>Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek,
>Chickasaw and Seminole) choose Film/Fiche Number
>Search in the FHLC (above) and input number 6051501.
>You can order the microfiche of the index for less
>than $3. After obtaining the Roll Number from the
>index, order film number 908371 and using the category
>wherein you found the Roll Number number on fiche
>number 6051501, locate the name using the Dawes Card
>number on the film numbered 908371. This film will
>also give you the age, sex, and blood degree of the
>individual. Additionally, it will give you the Dawes
>Card Number by which you can locate the Application
>(in the film series found by inputting number 1439992)
>and the Enrollment Card (in the film series found by
>inputting number 1022532).
>
>
>To see the index to the Guion Miller Roll of Eastern
>Cherokee (1909), input the number 378549. Use the
>General Index which is about the third index at the
>beginning of the film. After obtaining the
>Application number from the General Index, look on the
>list of film numbers at the opening of the film for
>the film number which corresponds with that
>Application number. You can also see the list of
>Application films in the Family History Library
>Catalog.
>
>
>The Applications of the Western and Eastern Cherokee
>are very informative. If you have a fairly uncommon
>name, any incidence of the name in the indexes may be
>significant and ought to be examined. Other Eastern
>Cherokee records which might be of use follow.
>
>
>Researching Eastern Cherokee Records can be as simple
>as consulting any of several large indexes of the
>records created when the U.S. Court of Claims settle
>with the Cherokee Nation for the loss of Indian Lands
>in the East before the Trail of Tears. If exact family
>names are not found in the indexes, however, the
>search can become prolonged and complicated. If the
>pertinent family surnames are listed, a successful
>search may be conducted by following your family names
>back through the usual genealogical sources such as
>vital, land and census records; then, following the
>listed Indian family back to see if a common Indian
>ancestor can be located.
>
>
>Sometimes your ancestor's name will be listed and the
>resulting application and deposition will provide a
>plethora of information including the names of earlier
>ancestors. Even so, the application may have been
>denied by the court. Still, the information is
>valuable.
>
>
>If you hope to become an enrolled member of any tribe
>of Indian people, allow us to caution you on some
>matters about enrollment. Tribes are simply extended
>families of people sharing, usually, a common
>geographic area and organized for the purposes of
>protection and the survival of subsequent generations.
>In modern times, political issues have become very
>important as a reason for the organization of tribes.
>The Western Cherokee Nation will enroll all persons
>who can claim descent from an ancestor enrolled by the
>Dawes Commission in the early 1900's. The Eastern
>Band, however, has different, more stringent,
>requirements, as do other tribes. You will need to
>check with the tribes, individually, to find out about
>their enrollment rules. Think of your own extended
>family in approaching the idea of enrollment. Do you
>welcome all strangers who wish to share your room and
>board? You may be reticent to accept any and
>all....and so may be the tribes.
>
>
>Eastern Cherokee Indexes
>
>
>1. Vital Information from The Guion Miller Roll
>(Eastern Cherokee Court of Claims)
>
>
>1906-1909
>Compact disk transcribed and edited by Billy Dubois
>Edgington and Carol Anne Buswell, MA
>Available from: Heritage Books, Inc. 1999
>
>
>Information given includes: Index name, Application
>number, sex, Surname or Married Name, Given Name,
>Maiden Name, Year of Birth, Place of Birth, 1906-1909
>Residence,County and State, Soundex Code.
>
>
>
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>2. Guion Miller Roll "Plus" and Dawes Rolls "Plus"
>
>
>Books by Bob Blankenship; published by Cherokee Roots
>Publications
>
>
>Information given includes: Surname, Given name,
>Miller Number, Miller Application Number, Dawes Roll
>Number, Census Number, Relationship to head of
>household, Age in 1906, Degree of Indian Blood, and
>Address
>
>
>3. "Index to Eastern Cherokee Applications" on
>Microfilm #378549; available for less than $4.00 at
>your local LDS Family History Center. This index will
>give you the microfilm on which you can read your
>ancestor's application for consideration in the
>settlement by the U.S. Court of Claims. To find the
>address of the Family History Center closest to you,
>go to http://www.familysearch.org
>
>
>4. Other records of the Eastern Cherokee which can be
>obtained from the Family History Library in Salt Lake
>City through your local Family History Center are as
>follows:
>
>
>"1835 Census of Cherokee East of the Mississippi"
>#1666295 (item 8)
>
>
>"NC Cherokee who removed to the West" #1666295 (item
>3)
>
>
>"NC Cherokee @ Tahlequah 1882-1883" #1666295 (item 5)
>
>
>"Mullay Roll 1848" #0847743 (item 2)
>"Siler Roll" 1851
>"Chapman Roll" 1852
>"Swetland Roll" 1869
>"Hester Roll" 1883
>
>
>"Baker Roll 1924" #0847744 & #0847745
>
>
>"Revised Rolls 1924-1970" #0847746- #0847748
>
>
>"Churchill Roll 1908" #0847749
>"Baker Roll 1924"
>"Miller Roll 1909 "
>"Baker - Revised Roll 1967"
>
>
>Eastern Band of Cherokee in NC #0573868
>1898-1899, 1904, 1906, 1909-1912, 1914 including
>non-recognized Indians of 1904
>
>
>Records of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 1915-1922
>#0573869
>
>
>ditto 1923-1929 #0573870
>
>
>ditto 1930-1932 #0573871
>
>
>ditto 1933-1939 #0573872
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