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'''Look for and copy your ancestor’s name in letter logs'''. | '''Look for and copy your ancestor’s name in letter logs'''. | ||
There are 21 letter logs which are in order alphabetically by the first two letters of the surname. Look for spill-over names at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Your ancestor’s name probably appears in only a few of them, but take a few minutes to search each log anyway. Logs list name, address, date of letter, file no., date received, subject, and action taken: | There are 21 letter logs which are in order first chronologically by 17 sets of years, and then alphabetically by the first two letters of the surname. Look for spill-over names at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Your ancestor’s name probably appears in only a few of them, but take a few minutes to search each log anyway. Logs list name, address, date of letter, file no., date received, subject, and action taken: | ||
*United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, ''Index to Letters Received by Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897–1913'', National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1314. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1983). {{FHL|480315|item|disp=FHL first film 1694814}} | *United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, ''Index to Letters Received by Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897–1913'', National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1314. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1983). {{WorldCat|42694349|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|480315|item|disp=FHL first film 1694814-36}}. | ||
For other Indian records look in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under [STATE]—NATIVE RACES. Also look in the Subject Search under the name of the tribe. | For other Indian records look in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under [STATE]—NATIVE RACES. Also look in the Subject Search under the name of the tribe. | ||