Subject: [LYNCH] IMPORTANT Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:48:05 EDT From: BrightStar9136@aol.com To: LYNCH-L@rootsweb.com Hello list members, This week so far, I have submitted to all of you the following: 1880 CNWColored Census -- Oklahoma 1869 CNWest Census-- Oklahoma 1902 Dawes- Freedmen 1906 Dawes- Freedmen Minors Please remember that the LETTERS next to each name, represent the DISTRICT in OKLAHOMA, that these folks lived in. I will list below the districts that you will see in both of the first two census.These are in Indian Territory of Oklahoma. YOU CAN ALSO APPLY THESE SAME LETTERS TO THE ONE"S IN THE SURNAME REPORTS. For those of you who are not familiar with Native American Roll title's, I will list them also. These also can be applied to the surname reports. NATIVE AMERICAN ROLLS ARE : DAWES ROLL DAWES FREEDMEN ROLL DAWES FREEDMEN MINORS ROLL OLD SETTLER ROLL DRENNEN ROLL GUION MILLER ROLL WEST GUION MILLER ROLL EAST RESERVATION ROLL EMIGRATION ROLL HENDERSON ROLL MULLAY ROLL SILER ROLL CHAPMAN ROLL SWETLAND ROLL HESTER ROLL CHURCHILL ROLL BAKER ROLL DISTRICTS IN OKLAHOMA ARE: FL- Flint Dist. SE-Sequah Dist. GS-Going Snake TA-Tahlequah Dist. SA-Saline Dist. DE-Delaware Dist. CA-Cannadian Dist. II-ILLinois Dist. CO- Cooweescoowee Dist. IMPORTANT NOTICE : These records are all from original documents. 1869 CNWest Census These Jim Hicks transcribed from photocopies of the original document. 1880 CNWColored Census These were transcribed by Barbara Benge from photocopies of the original. 1902 Dawes Freedmen These are OCR transcriptions scanned from a NARA index to the 1902 Dawes. Jim Hicks has worked a lot with the Cherokee by Blood transcriptions and says there are errors. 1906 Dawes Freedmen Minors Same as above. Now I suggest that any of you who are using these names in your family geneology, MUST and SHOULD refer to 3 books, that I know can be bought cheaply, for this FREEDMEN RESEARCH. Those books are: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963377418/ref=ase_inktomi-bkasin-20/104-8078597-4807921 ">Cherokee Roots, Volume 1: Eastern Cherokee Rolls</A> and VOL 2 also.( you can buy cheaply in a set), by Bob Blankenship A reader, East Texas, USA, April 9, 2001 This set is a MUST have for those tracing your Cherokee root This set contains the Official US Census Rolls of Cherokee Indians recorded between 1817-1924. Volume one covers those Cherokee living East of the Mississippi River, Volume 2 covers Cherokee who were living West of the Mississippi River. These same rolls are still used today in determining tribal... <A HREF=" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0788404954/qid=1018487912/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-8078597-4807921">Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards of the Dawes Commission 1901-1906</A> by Jo Ann Curls Page (Paperback - January 1995) I find Jo Ann's book to be a real asset to comparing the Freedmen Roll numbers and her book also gives the names of the parents, and the Freedmen Minors, as well as the Rejected Freedmen. After you have found your family member and compare to the books above, to make sure there is no mistake in the roll numbers, you may then want to do the following. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/miller.html">Click here: GUION MILLER ROLL</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/miller.html Thank you, Bright Star For the record: I am in no way affiliated with or do I know personnally the writers of the books, I have suggested you buy. I am merely telling you as a Freedmen researcher, the best way and cheapest way for you to verify your family Freedmen geneology. I would appreciate it if you do find any mistakes, that you contact me, so I can make corrections to the file I have. Bright Star Freedmen Prodject