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==== Step 1. Use the Indexes to Find an Ancestor’s Roll Number  ====
==== Step 1. Use the Indexes to Find an Ancestor’s Roll Number  ====


'''Search Online Indexes.''' There are five sets of online indexes to the Dawes Commission papers. Search each and note the differences, if any, between them.  
'''Search Online Indexes.''' There are several sets of online records/indexes to the Dawes Commission papers. Search each and note the differences, if any, between them.  


:*'''National Archives''' [http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/intro.html The Dawes Commission]''' (1) Instructions how to search for enrollment cards, and [http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/final-rolls.html Dawes Final Rolls Index], and (2) 101,000 Dawes [http://research.archives.gov/description/300321 Final Rolls] showing Digital book images
*'''''Instructions'''''<br>
**''National Archives'' [http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/dawes/intro.html The Dawes Rolls] online instructions on why and how-to search for (1)&nbsp;Dawes enrollment cards, (2)&nbsp;index to the Dawes final rolls, and (3)&nbsp;Dawes final rolls.


:*'''National Archives''' [http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/final-rolls.html Index to the Final Rolls] of the Dawes Commission. In order by tribe, and then by the first two letters of the person's name. Shows person's name and roll number. Digital book images.
*'''''Index to the Dawes Final Rolls'''''
**''National Archives'' [http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/final-rolls.html Index to the Dawes Final Rolls] 101,000 entries. In order by tribe, and then by the first two letters of the person's name. Shows person's name and roll number. Digital book images.
**''Access Genealogy'' [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/final-rolls-index.htm Index to the Dawes Final Rolls] Shows page, roll number, name, and blood degree. Computerized abstracts.
**''Ancestry'' [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3118 All Dawes Commission Index 1898-1914] 52,631 names. Shows record group number, series ID, item ID (roll number), name, tribe, type, gender, and census card number, among others. Computerized abstracts.
**''Ancestry'' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1238 Dawes Commission Index Overturned 1896] 13,980 names. Shows name, date, residence, tribe, and case number. Computerized extracts.


*'''''Dawes Final Rolls'''''
**''National Archives'' [http://research.archives.gov/description/300321 Dawes Final Rolls] 1898-1914. In order by tribe, and then by roll number. Shows roll number, name, age, gender, blood degree, and census card number. Digital book images.
**''Access Genealogy'' [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/final-rolls.htm Dawes Final Rolls] Shows tribe, name, age, sex, blood degree, card number, roll number, and type (by blood, by marriage, etc.). Computerized abstracts.
**''Ancestry'' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2976 Dawes Final Rolls] Shows tribe, roll number, name, age, gender, blood degree, and census card number. Digital book images.
**''Oklahoma Historical Society'' [http://www.okhistory.org/research/dawes Dawes Final Rolls] Shows name, age, sex, blood degree, census card number, tribe, and roll number. Computerized abstracts.


*'''''Dawes Enrollment (Census) Cards'''''<br>
**''fold3'' [http://www.fold3.com/s.php#t=69 Dawes Enrollment (Census) Cards] 76,270 entries. Enrollment cards may show tribe, enrollment card number, residence, Dawes roll number, name, age, sex, blood degree, tribal enrollment date, district, and number, parents, parents' enrollment year, parents' enrollment district, and other remarks. Card digital images.


 
*'''''Dawes Application Packets'''''  
:*'''Access Genealogy''' transcript of [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/final-rolls-index.htm Dawes Final Rolls Index], and [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/final-rolls.htm Dawes Final Rolls]
**''fold3'' [http://www.fold3.com/s.php#t=70 Application Packets] 883,772 entries. Application affidavits, birth affidavits, certificates of marriage, and related documents. May show file jackets, tribe, type, application number, name, application date, spouse (and maiden name), father, mother, parents-in-law, post office, and correspondence. Printed forms with handwriting, holographs, and typescript letter digital images.
:*'''[http://go.fold3.com/results.php?category=dawes fold3]''' 76,270 [http://www.fold3.com/s.php#t=69 Dawes Enrollment (Census) Cards], and 883,772 [http://www.fold3.com/s.php#t=70 Application Packets]
:*'''Ancestry''' [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3118 Dawes Index 1898-1914] 52,631 names; and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1238 Overturned 1896] 13,980 names
:*'''[http://www.okhistory.org/research/dawes Oklahoma Historical Society]''' Dawes Final Rolls
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:'''''If you find it''''', copy all the information from each entry, and skip to Step 2.  
:'''''If you find it''''', copy all the information from each entry, and skip to Step 2.  
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'''Retrieve the film''', find, and '''photocopy the application packet'''.  
'''Retrieve the film''', find, and '''photocopy the application packet'''.  


<gallery widths="60px" perrow="9" caption="Newborn Choctaw by Blood, Card #66, David Bohanan's Application Packet">
<gallery caption="Newborn Choctaw by Blood, Card #66, David Bohanan's Application Packet" perrow="9" widths="60px">
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