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 === 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]]
 Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|...Narrative and Statistical Reports..]]. for the Southern Navajo Agency, 1927-1935, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 141<ref>''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998, Micropcopy M1011, p. 27.</ref>, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=microfilm number 1724359}}).
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 Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1930 thru 1935. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 518 thru 531<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 M595, p. 51.</ref>. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 581893-581906}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.
 *1937 Census Navajo Southern reservation FHL films 579688-579689
 *1937 Census Navajo Southern reservation (New Mexico) FHL 579690
 (these films are a part of the above collection) See also: [[Southern_Navajo_Indian_Agency_(Arizona)|Southern Navajo Indian Agency]] and [[Fort Defiance Indian Agency|Fort Defiance Agency]].<br>
 See also [[Navajo Indian Agency|Navajo Agency]] and [[Fort Defiance Indian Agency|Fort Defiance Agency]] for a listing of other records pertaining to this agency.
 === References  ===