Judy, Thanks for the link! My info was about 5-6 yrs old , so I'm outta the loop. If they have your person, you have it made!! Thanks. Richard B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Question about Dawes Roll > Someone asked the quetion about what is in the packet. If you go here > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/packets/ > you will find some packets that we have put online that other people have > provided. > > I metioned earlier about being able to get the packets online from > Footnote, > a monthly subscription is like $7.95, which is much cheaper than the > National Archive or Oklahoma History Center and you get the information > right now. > > Judy > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:16 PM, csmoke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What part of the country do you live? If you are near or within access >> distance of one of the National Archives go there. I am thinking there >> is >> an Archives in Atlanta, GA. (and other regionals). >> Richard >> T. , may know that one. >> >> Regarding Dawes, first do your best research to know about your person of >> interest. Have their (your own known ancestor)'s best identification you >> can. Things like their full name, where they were living (year) at the >> time >> of a census date, the post office address for them, etc. The reason for >> this is for the archives to verify exactly who you are asking about. >> >> On the Dawes roll, there are two numbers by your person's name... Census >> Number and Allotment Number, have both when talking to the Archives. If >> your person was in a household with others... those in the home will all >> share the same census number , but only the Allotment number will be >> unique >> to that individual. (so.., if there were 4,5, etc in the same home and >> you >> know them to possibly be relatives... copy all their numbers to have >> available to the archives). >> >> Then, your resourse room at your large library, should provide you with a >> request form for information , this is "similar" to the form for getting >> union civil war soldier's pension records. Fill the form best you can >> and >> also a cover letter with as much identification/person , and send to the >> 'National Archives in Ft. Worth, Texas... asking for the "Census Packet >> File >> / & Dawes Application" / your person's name . Write at the top of your >> page >> "Please send all copies". Ft. Worth has all the existing original packet >> files. >> >> These records are kept in "packets" and ask for "All copies". The Dawes >> application was a standard form of 10 or 20 questions, for the applicant >> to >> prove their identity and being native/elgible.... In addition to the >> application, you may get letters (from your ancestor , a lawyer, etc.) to >> the government. All this was kept in a packet tied up with a ribbon.... >> & >> the person's name/number on the outside. >> >> The archives as I recall does not charge to start, but when I last knew , >> & >> they locate the file, it was a $25 fee for up to 20 pages , then .50 cts >> per >> page above that. One file I obtained , had 55 pages, but the information >> was incredible. Fee is likely higher now, what isn't. >> >> Hope this gets you to Ft. Worth... >> >> Richard B. >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "barbara keel" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:06 PM >> Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Question about Dawes Roll >> >> >> > >> >> How does one go about finding out if the name on the list is indeed >> one's >> >> gr grandmother? >> >> >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> > without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >