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 ==== Agents and Appointment Dates  ====
-John Q. A. Stanley May 8, 1865, Lt. Augustus P. Greene October 6, 1869, John R. Tansey December 12, 1870 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing  Co., New York,  NY ©1974. FHL Book 970.1 H551o </ref>
+[https://books.google.com/books?id=cRUrAQAAIAAJ&q=indian+agent+John+Q+A+Stanley&dq=indian+agent+John+Q+A+Stanley&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XbwZVfXtJsv0oATzo4KgBg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg John Q. A. Stanley ]May 8, 1865, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OlhGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA94&dq=indian+agent+Augustus+P+greene&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ar0ZVZyBPZLgoASwhoGACQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=indian%20agent%20Augustus%20P%20greene&f=false Lt. Augustus P. Greene] October 6, 1869, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6aCNQxspDOUC&pg=PA762&dq=indian+agent+John+R+Tansey&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s70ZVdjzFIbkoATr24HoAQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=indian%20agent%20John%20R%20Tansey&f=false John R. Tansey] December 12, 1870 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing  Co., New York,  NY ©1974. FHL Book 970.1 H551o </ref>
 === 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]]
+For a description of the various records, their content, and their availability, link to the pages for each type of record. Each individual agency also has a page describing its history and the location of their records. An alphabetical list of the agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be found below. They are also linked under the topic "American Indians" for each state. Pages for individual sub-agencies are listed alphabetically under the category of "[[Subagencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|American Indian Subagencies]]" and are linked under the topic of "American Indians" for each state where they existed.<br>
 Many [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.61 records of the Mission Agency] are in the Pacific Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Laguna Niguel<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:
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 Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1922 thru 1939. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, Rolls 260-267<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 and Records Administration|National Archives]], their Regional Archives, and at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] and its family history centers (their {{FHL|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm numbers 579670-579677}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.
-====Records Available through the Family History Library====
+==== Records Available through the Family History Library  ====
 *Census Records, 1931-1943. FHL film: 1249980 Items 1-3
 === References  ===