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The most effective strategy is to search '''all''' the Southern Claims Commission records for '''everyone living in the same Southern county''' as an ancestor. Any particular ancestor is unlikely to have actually applied to the Commission (only 0.2 percent of population), but he or she is more likely to have testified (2.3 percent) about an applicant, and an ancestor is even more likely to be discussed (about 10 ? percent) in the hundreds of answers to questions in other people's testimony. This is an advanced, time-consuming strategy with a less than 50 percent chance of locating information about your ancestor. But you will learn about the way of life in the county where your ancestor lived, and much about relationships between his or her neighbors. | The most effective strategy is to search '''all''' the Southern Claims Commission records for '''everyone living in the same Southern county''' as an ancestor. Any particular ancestor is unlikely to have actually applied to the Commission (only 0.2 percent of population), but he or she is more likely to have testified (2.3 percent) about an applicant, and an ancestor is even more likely to be discussed (about 10 ? percent) in the hundreds of answers to questions in other people's testimony. This is an advanced, time-consuming strategy with a less than 50 percent chance of locating information about your ancestor. But you will learn about the way of life in the county where your ancestor lived, and much about relationships between his or her neighbors. | ||
=== SCC Records Online === | |||
[http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com] has some of the [http://www.footnote.com/browse.php#34|-1 Southern Claims Commission collection online]. Footnote.com is often available at [http://www.publiclibraries.com/ public libraries] and at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]. Footnote's collection currently includes: | |||
''Barred and Disallowed Case Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880.'' NARA M1407 | |||
''Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims: Georgia, 1871-1880.'' NARA M1658 | |||
''Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880: West Virginia''. NARA M1762 | |||
''Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880: Alabama.'' NARA M2062 | |||
''Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880: Virginia''. NARA M2094<br> | |||
NOTE: These collections are not all complete. Click [http://www.footnote.com/documents/_27/ here] to check the status of these collections on [http://www.footnote.com/browse.php#34|-1 Footnote.com's website]. | |||
=== Steps of Using SCC Records === | === Steps of Using SCC Records === | ||
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The records have not all been filmed or fiched, note the chart below to learn what is currently available through the National Archives; the Family History Library (FHL) has not accquired them as of April 2009. As noted below search on line sites for additional information. | The records have not all been filmed or fiched, note the chart below to learn what is currently available through the National Archives; the Family History Library (FHL) has not accquired them as of April 2009. As noted below search on line sites for additional information. | ||
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|+ '''Southern Claims Commission Records''' | |+ '''Southern Claims Commission Records''' | ||
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| valign="middle" | | valign="middle" width="15%" align="center" | '''State''' | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Record''' | | valign="middle" align="center" | '''Record''' | ||
| valign="middle" | | valign="middle" width="8%" align="center" | '''Record Group''' | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''NARA #''' | | valign="middle" align="center" | '''NARA #''' | ||
| valign="middle" | | valign="middle" width="17%" align="center" | '''FHL First Film''' | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Number of Films''' | | valign="middle" align="center" | '''Number of Films''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | '''National''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | U.S. Court of Claims 1884-1943 | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | '''National''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | Disallowed Case Files and those barred, U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffff99" | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" align="center" | 123 | ||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | M1407 | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | unavailable | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | 4.829 fiche | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | '''National''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | A: Consolidated Index of Claims; B: Summary reports of the Commission. 1878-1880 | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | P2257 | ||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | unavailable | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | 1 roll | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | '''National''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | U.S. Court of Claims, Docket Cards for Congressional Case Files, ca. 1884-1943 | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffff99" | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" align="center" | 123 | ||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | M2007 | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | unavailable | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | 5 rolls | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | '''National''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | Records of the Commissioners of Claims, 1871-1880 | ||
| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffff99" | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" align="center" | 56 | ||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | M87 | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=452638 1463976 roll 14]: Consolidated index<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=452638 1463975 roll 13]: Geographical List of Claims | |||
| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" | 14 rolls | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign="middle" | '''Alabama''' | | valign="middle" | '''Alabama''' | ||
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