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Native American research and genealogy is unique when compared to other types of genealogical research. Most of the records available for researching Native American ancestry and genealogy are derived from records of the U.S. Government. See "[[Starting Native American Research]]." | Native American research and genealogy is unique when compared to other types of genealogical research. Most of the records available for researching Native American ancestry and genealogy are derived from records of the U.S. Government. See "[[Starting Native American Research]]." | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of many records of the BIA and the field agencies including: | ||
*Land allotment records. | *Land allotment records. | ||
*Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, arranged by agencies for the entire United States (On 692 | *Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, arranged by agencies for the entire United States (On 692 FamilySearch Library films beginning with 573847). | ||
*BIA heirship, school, census, annuity, probate, land, vital, and other records. | *BIA heirship, school, census, annuity, probate, land, vital, and other records. | ||
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Prior to the Civil War (1861-1865) there are relatively few rolls of Cherokee citizens. In ''Occupying the Cherokee Country of Oklahoma'' (published by the University of Nebraska in 1978) Leslie Hewes estimates that there may have been as many as 22,000 Cherokees living in the Southeast prior to the arrival of European settlers. Unfortunately for genealogists, no one made lists of their names. As early as 1792, some Cherokees began moving west as the area of European settlement expanded and the national Archives has "emigration rolls" for the period 1817-1838, which contain the names of people who wished to relocate. Many of these rolls have been transcribed by Jack D. Baker and published in 1977 by the Baker Publishing Company in Oklahoma City, ''Cherokee emigration rolls, 1817-1835'' (FS Library book 970.3 C424e). | Prior to the Civil War (1861-1865) there are relatively few rolls of Cherokee citizens. In ''Occupying the Cherokee Country of Oklahoma'' (published by the University of Nebraska in 1978) Leslie Hewes estimates that there may have been as many as 22,000 Cherokees living in the Southeast prior to the arrival of European settlers. Unfortunately for genealogists, no one made lists of their names. As early as 1792, some Cherokees began moving west as the area of European settlement expanded and the national Archives has "emigration rolls" for the period 1817-1838, which contain the names of people who wished to relocate. Many of these rolls have been transcribed by Jack D. Baker and published in 1977 by the Baker Publishing Company in Oklahoma City, ''Cherokee emigration rolls, 1817-1835'' (FS Library book 970.3 C424e). | ||
The first major census of Cherokees living in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee was taken by the Federal government, was compiled from June to December 1834, and is generally called the Henderson Roll. The roll only lists the name of the head of each family. An index to it has been reproduced as National Archives Microfilm Publication T496 ( | The first major census of Cherokees living in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee was taken by the Federal government, was compiled from June to December 1834, and is generally called the Henderson Roll. The roll only lists the name of the head of each family. An index to it has been reproduced as National Archives Microfilm Publication T496 (FamilySearch Libraryfilm 833322). | ||
From 1835-1837 the Cherokees living in what is now Arkansas and Oklahoma were joined by thousands of Cherokees who moved under the terms of the treaty of New Echota, signed on 29 December 1835. The Old Settlers Roll of 1851 and the Drennen Payment Roll of 1851 are the best sources of the names of people who voluntarily moved west. They are both reproduced on the Old Setters Roll (FS Library book 970.3 C424wa) and their heirs who received a payment resulting from a decision of the U.S. Court of Claims of 6 June 1893. The payment roll has been microfilmed by the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives (control number 7RA34) (FS Library film 830420) and an index to the roll is available as National Archives Microfilm Publication T985 (FS Library film 830419). | From 1835-1837 the Cherokees living in what is now Arkansas and Oklahoma were joined by thousands of Cherokees who moved under the terms of the treaty of New Echota, signed on 29 December 1835. The Old Settlers Roll of 1851 and the Drennen Payment Roll of 1851 are the best sources of the names of people who voluntarily moved west. They are both reproduced on the Old Setters Roll (FS Library book 970.3 C424wa) and their heirs who received a payment resulting from a decision of the U.S. Court of Claims of 6 June 1893. The payment roll has been microfilmed by the Fort Worth Branch of the National Archives (control number 7RA34) (FS Library film 830420) and an index to the roll is available as National Archives Microfilm Publication T985 (FS Library film 830419). | ||
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