This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------05AABC0CB5145FF6CAAEDE96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This was sent to me from another list and I found it a really great research site. Follow step by step http://www.nara.gov/ It can be very useful researching members of the Five Civilized tribes. I would recommend printing it out because it is useful for reference and it is only 8 pages. If you are like me, you sometimes need an example to start you off, so here goes: Every enrollee hade a casefile packet made up upon enrollment. It contained a lot of useful data for genealogists, e.g., marriage. parents, place of birth, DOB, etc. 1. Go to "www.nara.gov" (remember don type quotes) 2. Click on "The Research Room" 3. Click on "NAIL database" under 'How to do Research at NARA' 4. Click on "Search Archival Holdings" 5. Click on "NAIL Standard Search" 6. Type "Final Rolls" in 'Enter Keyword' 7. Click "Submit Search 8. You should have "Total Hits Received: 4" 9. Click "Display Results" 10. Go to hit #3 and click "Full" which is to the right 11. This tells you how to order the packets mentioned above. Read info under "General Notes" 12. Click on "Links to digital copies" whick should be in blue This will give you name listings by tribe. The listings provide roll#, last name, first name, middle inital(sometimes middle name), afe, sex, degree of blood, and census card number. You need this info in order to order a packet. NOTE: Roll# and census card# are not the same thing. Now, one other problem, listings are not in alphabetical order but in roll# order. If you don't know roll#, follow instruction 3 in Search Tips web site above. If trouble with that, email me, but not Indian -Territory - Roots - L. BTW. #9 instruction in Website above is interesting. One of the example cases was about Wyatt Earp stealing a horse. --------------05AABC0CB5145FF6CAAEDE96 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="terrigem.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Terri Durham-Stone Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="terrigem.vcf" begin:vcard n:Durham-Stone;Terri tel;pager:510-218-9947 tel;fax:510-226-6230 tel;work:510-226-6230 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://members.tripod.com/~terrigem/funstuff.html version:2.1 email;internet:terrigem@home.com adr;quoted-printable:;;39120 Argonaut Way PMB127=0D=0A;Fremont ;CA;94538;USA x-mozilla-cpt:;3 fn:Terri Durham-Stone end:vcard --------------05AABC0CB5145FF6CAAEDE96--