Jacque: Will get to this as soon as I can...really feeling rotten today & dr.'s trying to convince me to go to hospital. (not my idea of a good time) Later... sherry dustyc@microgear.net -----Original Message----- From: Jacque Hopkins Wolski <hopkinsj@ida.net> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW] For Sherry and all >This is what I had in mind. Please let me know if it is possible. > >Scenario: >Someone just starting out in genealogy heard a family story that their >great-grandmother was an Indian. Where to go from there? > >What would be the first place to look? >Where would they write for information? >Where would they get the birth certificate? >Where would they get the death certificate? >Which roll would they look on? >Now they have the roll # and/or card #, what do they do with it? >What is the Tribal Office address and phone #? >Where would they get the application for enrollment? >What do they need on the application? >What documentation do they need to back it up? > >etc., etc. > >Sherry, do you think you could write/type something up with URL links if >known for a page that Markie could add to the Choctaw web site? > >Thanks >Jacque > >Sherry wrote: >> oh - sorry, I misunderstood. I think we're on the right track...it >depends on why someone is wanting their ancestors' enrollment information. >If they're wanting to apply for enrollment themselves, they will need an >application which only the Tribal Enrollment office has plus the >documentation to back it up. If they're just wanting the numbers and all >for confirmation that their ancestor was indian, then yes, I can tell them >what the next step is. I think the main hump to get over is folks knowing >WHERE to look. That was my main problem. There are just so many records in >the archives. I can help point people in the right direction as I have >several excellent bibliographies of research material both in and out of the >Natl Archives. I have the catalog of EVERY scrap of information that the >Natl. Archives has on the American Indian - so having the correct Group and >subgroup and roll no. for microfilm, helps when they go to get copies made. >Sure, I'd be glad to to that or anything else I can to help folks find who >they're looking for. Just let me know what you need. >> >> Mitakuye Oyasin...we are all one family. >> >> sherry >> dustyc@microgear.net >> >> >Sorry, Sherry, >> > >> >I didn't mean for it to sound like you didn't know how to request >information from the Tribal offices. I just meant I am in the same boat YOU >WERE when you first started and I would love to see steps someone would >take if they were new and trying to figure out what or how to go about >looking for that Choctaw ancestor someone in their family told them about. >Ya know what I mean? Would you want to take up that task and then perhaps >Markie could post it to the web page? >> > >> >Jacque > >What Sherry has to look up from. >> >> >> Here's what I've got: >> >> >> >> >> >> Indes to Final Dawes Rolls, Five Civilized Tribes (Choctaw, >Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw. >> >> >> >> >> >> Index to applications for Final Dawes Rolls, 1898-1914. >> >> >> >> >> >> Applications for Final Dawes Rolls rejected. >> >> >> >> >> >> The following rolls are for EASTERN CHEROKEE only: 1817 Reservation >Roll, 1817-1835 Emigration Roll, 1835 Henderson Roll, 1848 Mullay Roll, 1851 >Siler Roll, 1852 Chapman Roll, 1869 Swetland Roll, 1883 Hester Roll, 1908 >Churchill Roll, 1909 Guion/Miller East Roll, 1924 Baker Roll. >> >> >> >> >> >> These are for WESTERN CHEROKEE (Oklahoma): 1851 Old Settler Roll, >1852 Drennen Roll, 1898-1914 Dawes Roll, 1909 Guion/Miller West Roll. >> >> >> >> >> >> If anyone wants to know why each one of these rolls was done and >more info about it, contact me privately. Iam happy to offer these >resources to anyone who need a lookup provided you follow my request >guidelines. >> >> >> >> >> >> sherry > > > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Looking for your Native American Ancestors in >Pushmataha County, Oklahoma? >Have a look -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/ >