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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]]
 A few [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html#75.19.94 records] of the Reno 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><ref>Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco) -- Record Group 75. [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/archives/san-francisco/finding-aids/holdings-guide-03.html#75 Available online].</ref>, including:
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 Microfilm copies of [[Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports (BIA), 1907-1938|''...Narrative and Statistical Reports...'']] for the Nevada Agency, 1913-1924, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 116<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 Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their {{FHL|479404|title-id|disp=film number 1724334}}).
 Annual [[American Indian Census Rolls|''Indian Census Rolls'']] were taken at this agency for 1922 thru 1924. These rolls have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M595, roll 425.<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 Family History Library and its family history centers (their {{FHL|297519|title-id|disp=microfilm number 581419}}). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.
 === References  ===