Native American Probate Records: Difference between revisions

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The Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. §552(a) protects the current tribal membership rolls and lists that the BIA maintains. Submitting a request for genealogical information under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, is not necessary for records compiled and published by private institutions or available in census records declassified by the National Archives.  
The Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. §552(a) protects the current tribal membership rolls and lists that the BIA maintains. Submitting a request for genealogical information under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, is not necessary for records compiled and published by private institutions or available in census records declassified by the National Archives.  
[https://www.doi.gov/privacy/BIA-27_Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs_Probate_Files Information on BIA probate files.]


Indian Wills, 1911-1921.  FS Library book 970.1  
Indian Wills, 1911-1921.  FS Library book 970.1  
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