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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]]
 Some of the [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.98 historical records] of the Round Valley Agency are in the 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>. Among these are:
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 Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1885-1905, 1909, and 1915-1923. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 447-449<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 581441 thru 581443}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.<br>
-====Records Available through the Family History Library====
+==== Records Available through the Family History Library ====
 *1880 Special Census. FHL film: 1012674
 *Census Records, 1896-1935. FHL films: 976988-976989, 977775
 *Census Records, 1885-1905, 1909, 1915-1923. FHL film: 581441
 *Land Records, 1909-1923. FHL film: 976987
 *Employee Records 1873-1920. FHL films: 976984-976986
 *Heirship Records, 1916. FHL film: 976990 item 1
 *School Records, 1897-1916, FHL film: 976983
 *Vital Records, 1890-1899, 1901-1906,1906-16, 1924 {{FHL|186068|item|disp=FHL Book 970.1 P221v or film: 908042 item 3 }}
 *Vital Records, Sanitary records, 1890-1905. FHL film: 976991
 *Vital Records, birth and death, 1901-1924. FHL film: 976990 item 2
 === References  ===