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=== Records  ===
=== Records  ===


Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same.''' Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies'''.
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br>
 
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]]
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]]
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]]
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]


[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the Pima Agency, 1859-1861, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, roll 669<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll number 1661399}}.  
[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|''Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs'']] from the Pima Agency, 1859-1861, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234, roll 669<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M234, p. 8.</ref>. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=microfilm roll number 1661399}}.  
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Microfilm copies of[[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Pima Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 104-105<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and their family history centers (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1724322-1724323}}). Reports for some years are missing.<br>  
Microfilm copies of[[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Pima Agency, 1907-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, rolls 104-105<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Microcopy M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and their family history centers (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm roll numbers 1724322-1724323}}). Reports for some years are missing.<br>  


==== Records Available through the Family History Library ====
==== Records Available through the Family History Library ====


*Census Records, 1909-1940. FHL film: 1,249,788 items 6-9 first film  
*Census Records, 1909-1940. FHL film: 1,249,788 items 6-9 first film


*Individual History Cards 1926-1927. FHL film: 1,249,796 items 4, 6  
*Individual History Cards 1926-1927. FHL film: 1,249,796 items 4, 6


*School Records 1903-1938. FHL film: 1,249,794 items 3-4 first film  
*School Records 1903-1938. FHL film: 1,249,794 items 3-4 first film


*Vital Records 1850-1931. FHL film: 1,249,794 first film  
*Vital Records 1850-1931. FHL film: 1,249,794 first film


*Birth and Death Records 1924-1932, FHL film 579766 (this film is part of the Annual Indian Census - census supplement)
*Birth and Death Records 1924-1932, FHL film 579766 (this film is part of the Annual Indian Census - census supplement)


*School, Allotment, Vital Records 1915-1934. FHL film 1,249,788 items 1-5  
*School, Allotment, Vital Records 1915-1934. FHL film 1,249,788 items 1-5


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