----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Bert" <debbiebert@ameritech.net> To: "Raogk List" <raogk-l@raogk.org> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:17 AM Subject: [RAOGK-L] Native American Nations free Ancestry search > Just wanted to share this info with you. I got it on one of my lists. > deb > ----- Original Message ----- > FromSubject: [IT-INDIAN] Native American Nations free Ancestry search > > >> Native American Nations in cooperation with Ancestry and >> AccessGenealogy >> is proud to provide our visitors the complete 1900 census FREE until 15 >> December 2005! This includes both the every name index and all census >> images. To view this census, you do not need an Ancestry membership, >> nor >> do you need to provide your credit card details. All you need to >> provide >> is your email address and your name! >> >> Native American research for the 20th century has been buoyed by the >> inclusion of all Native Americans in the 1900 census. Whether >> enumerated >> within the Indian Territory, or enumerated on the many reservations >> spread out across the United States, Native Americans were finally >> being >> counted. This provides the researcher a great and mostly unused tool in >> the search for their Native American ancestors. Finding these Native >> Americans has gotten a lot easier with Ancestry's recent indexing of >> the >> 1900 census. While the index is complete, it's not perfect. The writing >> of some enumerators was poor, and the quality of some census pages is >> lacking. While you can search first, be prepared to browse their census >> images keeping the following tips in mind: >> >> Most Indian schedules were added to the end of county listings. For >> some >> states however, the Indian schedules were added to the end of the >> state. >> >> >> A non-Indian MAY be enumerated on the Indian schedule, if they were >> detached from their family and living with an Indian family. >> >> A Native American MAY be enumerated on the general population schedule, >> if they were detached from their Indian family and living with a white, >> or black family. >> >> For their own personal reasons, many Native Americans failed to claim >> their heritage during the 1900 census... they ended up enumerated as >> white or black. As well, some whites and blacks listed themselves as >> Indian, when they were in fact, not. While the 1900 census in and of >> itself does not prove or disprove your Native American history, it can >> add yet one more fact in favor, or not in favor of that claim. >> >> The census being opened up to NANations and AccessGenealogy is not >> limited to just the section for the Native Americans, it is the >> COMPLETE >> 1900 census index and images, and all are free... you just need your >> name and email to login. >> >> Good luck! >> >> http://www.nanations.com/ >> >> To further your Native American research check out AccessGenealogy's >> extensive Native American rolls, and smaller census listings... >> >> http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ >> >> Please feel free to pass this on to friends, family and other lists. >> >> Judy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== IT-INDIAN Mailing List ==== >> To subscribe to our Chat list please send a message to > IT-INDIAN-CHAT-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe or > to > subscribe to the digest mode, send the command instead to >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Have you read the FAQ's lately? > http://www.raogk.org/faq-vols.htm > This is being sent to: champ13401@tampabay.rr.com > Raogk-l mailing list > Raogk-l@raogk.org > http://lists.raogk.org/mailman/listinfo/raogk-l