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*NC Cherokee Reservation Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncqualla/ | *NC Cherokee Reservation Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncqualla/ | ||
*Dawes online http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/final-rolls.html | *Dawes online http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/final-rolls.html | ||
*Cherokee rolls Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/genealogy/rolls-census.htm | *Cherokee rolls Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/genealogy/rolls-census.htm | ||
*FamilySearch Learning Center lesson [https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22United+States%22&resultListItem=3 ''Cherokee Genealogy '']'' '' | |||
The following records produced by the Cherokee Nation and the United States government are important sources for research into Cherokee genealogy, but are not considered to be complete. | ''The following records produced by the Cherokee Nation and the United States government are important sources for research into Cherokee genealogy, but are not considered to be complete.'' | ||
1. Eastern Cherokee Applications. These records were produced by the Guion Miller Commission of the Court of Claims from 1906 through 1909. The main body of information is formed from 45,000 applications received from living persons who were trying to prove their eligibility to share in the per capita payment made, which amounted to $133.19 per person. In order to be eligible a person had to show that they were descended from a person who was an eastern Cherokee in 1835 usually by proving descent from a person named on the Drennen roll of 1851 (eastern Cherokees living in Oklahoma) or the Chapman roll of 1851 (eastern Cherokees who remained in the east). In addition, those persons eligible would have to prove that they were not "Old Settlers" and that they had not become associated with any other tribe. The applications ask for a tremendous amount of genealogical information. This includes name, date and place of birth, name and age of spouse, names, birthplace and dates of death for parents, names and date for brothers and sisters, names of grandparents, and names of aunts and uncles. In addition, because many persons felt the payment was to be made per stirpes to heirs of Eastern Cherokee, claims for cousins and other more distant relatives are mentioned. | 1. Eastern Cherokee Applications. These records were produced by the Guion Miller Commission of the Court of Claims from 1906 through 1909. The main body of information is formed from 45,000 applications received from living persons who were trying to prove their eligibility to share in the per capita payment made, which amounted to $133.19 per person. In order to be eligible a person had to show that they were descended from a person who was an eastern Cherokee in 1835 usually by proving descent from a person named on the Drennen roll of 1851 (eastern Cherokees living in Oklahoma) or the Chapman roll of 1851 (eastern Cherokees who remained in the east). In addition, those persons eligible would have to prove that they were not "Old Settlers" and that they had not become associated with any other tribe. The applications ask for a tremendous amount of genealogical information. This includes name, date and place of birth, name and age of spouse, names, birthplace and dates of death for parents, names and date for brothers and sisters, names of grandparents, and names of aunts and uncles. In addition, because many persons felt the payment was to be made per stirpes to heirs of Eastern Cherokee, claims for cousins and other more distant relatives are mentioned. | ||
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14. Cherokee Reserves. Information regarding those persons who claimed a reservation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1819 have been printed in book form. | 14. Cherokee Reserves. Information regarding those persons who claimed a reservation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1819 have been printed in book form. | ||
15. The 1900 United States Census of the Cherokee Nation. This was the first census taken by the United States in Indian Territory. | 15. The 1900 United States Census of the Cherokee Nation. This was the first census taken by the United States in Indian Territory. | ||
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