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Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.  


The Concho Agency is a currently operating agency. Its supervising office in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Anadarko Area Office]].  
The Concho Agency is a currently operating agency. Its supervising office in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the [[Area Offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Anadarko Area Office]].  
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Agencies and sub-agencies 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 sub-agencies 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'''.  


Many of the historical records for this agency, prior to 1963, are to be found in the [[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]], and in the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City, under the name [[Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency]].  
Many of the historical records for this agency, prior to 1963, are to be found in the [[National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)]], and in the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City, under the name [[Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency]]. <br>
 
[[National Archives at Fort Worth|National Archives at Fort Worth Center]] <ref>Younkin, C. George. Historical and Genealogical Records of the Five Civilized Tribes and other Indian Records. World Conference on Records and Genealogical Seminar. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 1969</reg>
 
*Allotment case files 1891-1955
*Township Plats 1873-1931
*Annuity Rolls 1894-1908
*Tribal Census 1891-1933
*Birth Records 1910
*Marriage License 1903-1913
*Individual Indian money accounts 1909-1927
*Cheyenne-Arapaho School - Cox records 1928=1965
*Redmoon School, births and deaths 1908-1918 <br>


==== Records Available Through the Family History Library  ====
==== Records Available Through the Family History Library  ====
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===


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*''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.  
*''American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications''. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.  
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