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==== Step 5. Look for Your Ancestor’s Name in the Letter Logs ==== | ==== Step 5. Look for Your Ancestor’s Name in the Letter Logs ==== | ||
'''Find the Dawes Commission Letter Log's microfilm number''' | '''Find the Dawes Commission Letter Log's microfilm number''' | ||
:'''Find the following entry''' in the ''Family History Library Catalog''. To open this entry in the catalog, {{FHL|480315|item|disp=click here}}. | :'''Find the following entry''' in the ''Family History Library Catalog''. To open this entry in the catalog, {{FHL|480315|item|disp=click here}}. | ||
*United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, ''Index to Letters Received by Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897–1913'', National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1314. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1983). {{WorldCat|42694349|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|480315|item|disp=FHL Films 1694814-36}}. | :*United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, ''Index to Letters Received by Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897–1913'', National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1314. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1983). {{WorldCat|42694349|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|480315|item|disp=FHL Films 1694814-36}}. | ||
'''Obtain the microfilm, look for, and photocopy your ancestor’s entries in letter logs'''. | '''Obtain the microfilm, look for, and photocopy your ancestor’s entries in letter logs'''. | ||
The Dawes Commission letter logs are in order chronologically by 17 sets of years, and then alphabetically by the first two letters of the surname. Look for spill-over names at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Your ancestor’s name probably appears in only a few of them, but take a few minutes to search '''each log''' anyway. Logs list name, address, date of letter, file no., date received, subject, and action taken. They may provide clues that hint at relatives, or point to unexpected Dawes files. | :The Dawes Commission letter logs are in order chronologically by 17 sets of years, and then alphabetically by the first two letters of the surname. Look for spill-over names at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Your ancestor’s name probably appears in only a few of them, but take a few minutes to search '''each log''' anyway. Logs list name, address, date of letter, file no., date received, subject, and action taken. They may provide clues that hint at relatives, or point to unexpected Dawes files. | ||
[[Image:Dawes Letter Log left.jpg|left|850px|Dawes Letter Log left.jpg]] [[Image:Dawes Letter Log right.jpg|right|850px|Dawes Letter Log right.jpg]] | [[Image:Dawes Letter Log left.jpg|left|850px|Dawes Letter Log left.jpg]] [[Image:Dawes Letter Log right.jpg|right|850px|Dawes Letter Log right.jpg]] | ||
''' | '''For Further Information''' | ||
For other Indian records look in the Family History Library Catalog '''''Place Search''''' under | For other Indian records look in the Family History Library Catalog '''''Place Search''''' under | ||