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Digger Indian Agency (California)

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History[edit | edit source]

Transferred to Reno, 30 July 1921, and to Sacramento in 1924.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Digger Agency, 1907-1921, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 21, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their film number 1724251.

References[edit | edit source]

American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
"Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.

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-Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
-=== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ===
+== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency  ==
-[[Digger Indians|Digger]]
+== History  ==
-=== History  ===
+Transferred to Reno, 30 July 1921, and to Sacramento in 1924.
-A farmer-in-charge was assigned to the [[Digger Indian Reservation (California)|Digger Reservation]] near Jackson, California as early as 1899. From 1915-1920, this farmer-in-charge also had responsibilities for the Indians of the [[Tuolumne Indian Rancheria (California)|Tuolumne Reservation]]. The agency was discontinued and transferred to [[Reno_Indian_Agency_(Nevada)|Reno Agency]], 30 July 1921.<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981, p. 157.</ref>
+== Records  ==
-=== Records  ===
+Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Digger Agency, 1907-1921, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 21, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=479404&disp=Superintendents+annual+narrative+and+sta++ film number 1724251].
-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'''.
+== References  ==
-A few [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.22 records] of the Digger Agency are in the [[National_Archives_Pacific_Region_(San_Francisco)|Pacific Regional]] Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in San Francisco<ref>Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Available online].</ref>, including the following:
-*Tribal census records, 1911-1920
-*School census records from both the Digger and Tuolumne Reservations, 1915-1917
-*Other administrative records, 1915-1920
-Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1899-1904 and 1915 thru 1920. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 27.<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 595, p. 51</ref> Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their {{FSC|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm number 575789}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.
-Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Digger Agency, 1907-1921, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 21<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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their {{FSC|479404|title-id|disp=film number 1724251}}.
-=== References  ===
-<references />
 *''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.<br>
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 *Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.<br>
 *''Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880''. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 *''Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/records/bia(dc)intro.htm Available online]
 *"Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
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Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]