There are (usually) TWO files for each person in the Dawes Rolls with a regular roll number and card number. Those two files are the (1) application - where the examiners asked questions and put letters to and from the applicant as well as birth, marriage and death certificates and other business, and (2) the enrollment card - the reward for each Indian having negotiated the application process successfully (although some were stricken off after having gotten enrolled due to new rules and changes). You will want to get both files and I'm not sure where Footnote is in putting up both series. I will be writing about these records on the new Creek Research Page which will start as soon as I can get my car out of the shop and back on the road...... The Creek and Chickasaw records in the Dawes Rolls are the two most frustrating, difficult, and, often, incomplete. You might find an application but no card and vice versa....and there are a bunch of numbers that are just plain not there. It must have been fatiguing to write and copy and type and file all that stuff....even for bureaucrats. Aren't we glad, though, that they were so fussy? The Dawes Rolls and Guion Miller Roll applications are the best of any of the non-treaty tribes in the US. We are sooooo lucky to have them. K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy White To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Index to Campbell's Abstract of Creek Freedman Lynn asked a good question, if you go here http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/dawes.php and put in the name or number for the person you are searching for, a box will come up on the page after you make the search. It will tell you if this packet has been scanned. If the person is listed you can get a general idea if this is the person you are searching for or not. You do not have to purchase a years subscription to view or download these files, you can buy a monthly, which is something around $7. Which is still much cheaper than ordering from the National Archives, besides you also get the file immediately. We teamed up with FootNote to be able to provide this service to our readers. Because of the amount of records, there is no way we could have done this on our own. Judy