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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection contains Eastern Cherokee enrollment records that were created by the U.S. Court of Claims. These records were used to determine who was eligible for funds under the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee tribes. The records are part of Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and are from microfilm publication M685, Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910.
This collection contains Eastern Cherokee enrollment records that were created by the U.S. Court of Claims. These records were used to determine who was eligible for funds under the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee tribes. The records are part of Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and are from microfilm publication M685, Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910.
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==  
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==  
The following information may be found in these records:
The following information may be found in these records:
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=== Inventory ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Film !! DGS !! Roll !! Collection
|-
| 830434 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156848}} || 1 || Applications index, A-Z v. 1-2 1908-1910
|-
| 830435 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156103}} || 2 || Applications, 1-6000 v. 1-2 1908-1910
|-
| 830436 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156104}} || 3 || Applications, 6001-16000 v. 3-4 1908-1910
|-
| 830437 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156105}} || 4 || Applications, 16001-31000 v. 5-7 1908-1910
|-
| 830438 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156106}} || 5 || Applications, 31001-45857 v. 8-10 1908-1910
|-
| 830439 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156107}} || 6 || Report on exceptions with supplemental roll 1909-1910
|-
| 830440 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156108}} || 7 || Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 1-2 1908-1909
|-
| 830441 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156109}} || 8 || Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 3-4 1908-1909
|-
| 830442 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156110}} || 9 || Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 5-6 1908-1909
|-
| 830443 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156111}} || 10 || Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 7-8 1908-1909
|-
| 830444 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156112}} || 11 || Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 9 1908-1909
|-
| 830444 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156112}} || 11 || Sizemore testimonies v. 10 1908
|-
| 830444 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156112}} || 11 || Poindexter and Creek testimonies v. 10 1908
|-
| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Combined index of Eastern Cherokee rolls A-Z 1851
|-
| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Chapman roll 1851
|-
| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Drennen roll 1851
|-
| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Names of Eastern Cherokees added to Siler roll by act of Congress 1854
|-
| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Index to Old Settler roll 1851
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| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Index to Hester roll 1851
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| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Miscellaneous notes and drafts 1851
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| 830445 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=7156113}} || 12 || Hester roll 1884
|}


== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
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*Contact the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or an agency associated with the tribe
*Contact the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or an agency associated with the tribe
*Contact Tribal archives and libraries
*Contact Tribal archives and libraries
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*The name of your ancestor may have changed from one Indian name to a different Indian name, consider alternative names
*The name of your ancestor may have changed from one Indian name to a different Indian name, consider alternative names
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*The name of your ancestor may have been abbreviated
*The name of your ancestor may have been abbreviated
=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in [[United States Genealogy|the United States]].
The following articles will help you research your family in [[United States Genealogy|the United States]].
* [[Finding Your Indian Ancestor]]  
* [[Finding Your Indian Ancestor]]  
* [[Starting Native American Research]]
* [[Starting Native American Research]]
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* [[GuidedResearch:United States|United States Guided Research]]
* [[GuidedResearch:United States|United States Guided Research]]
* [[United States Record Finder]]
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* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[United States Research Tips and Strategies]]
=== Related Family History Library Holdings ===
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/308772 Records relating to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, 1908-1910, 1835-1910]
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2289922 1851 census of Eastern Cherokee Indians, known as the Drennen Roll]
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/209173? Eastern Cherokee applications, August 29, 1906 - May 26, 1909]
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/266329? Eastern Cherokee Indian reservation rolls, 1848-1970]
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/302778? Decisions in enrollment cases under the act of June 4, 1924; 1926-1928]
*{{FSC|207428|item|disp=Edward E. Hill. ''Guide to records in the National Archives of the United States relating to American Indians.'' Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office, 1981 FS Library 970.1 H551g}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/361915? Applications for enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914]
*{{FSC|308772|item|disp=Records relating to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, 1908-1910, 1835-1910}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3742779? Eastern Cherokee census rolls]
*{{FSC|209173|item|disp=Eastern Cherokee applications, August 29, 1906 - May 26, 1909}}
*{{FSC|266329|item|disp=Eastern Cherokee Indian reservation rolls, 1848-1970}}
*{{FSC|302778|item|disp=Decisions in enrollment cases under the act of June 4, 1924; 1926-1928}}
*{{FSC|361915|item|disp=Applications for enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914}}
*{{FSC|1405798|item|disp=Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, relating to enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of 1896: M1650}}
*{{FSC|3742779|item|disp=Eastern Cherokee census rolls}}


=== Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collection ===
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2796818 United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970]
*{{RecordSearch|2796818|United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970}}
*{{RecordSearch|2765178|United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940}}
*{{RecordSearch|2761958|United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940}}


=== Related Digital Books ===
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*{{FSC|254087|item|disp=compiled by Edward E. Hill, comp. ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, record group 75.'' 2 volumes. Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1965}}
*{{FSC|2289922|item|disp=1851 census of Eastern Cherokee Indians, known as the Drennen Roll}}
*{{FSC|2861873|item|disp=compiled by Gaiselle Kerner, ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the United States Court of Claims : (Record group 123)''}}


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