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=== Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency === | === Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency === | ||
[[Winnebago_Indians|Winnebago]] | |||
=== History === | === History === | ||
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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'''. | 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'''. | ||
Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1904 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 461-470.<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 583122-583129 and 583006-583022}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.<br> | Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1904 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 461-470.<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 583122-583129 and 583006-583022}}). 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 ==== | ||
'''Vital Records''' part of Indian Census Rolls above | '''Vital Records''' part of Indian Census Rolls above | ||
*Birth and Death records 1924-1931 FHL film 583126<br> | *Birth and Death records 1924-1931 FHL film 583126<br> | ||
*Birth and Death records 1925-1932 FHL film 583127 | *Birth and Death records 1925-1932 FHL film 583127 | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||