Pat Kennedy here: What you have written in the below message was so very important to me, almost like a hug from some one. My grandparents were from Oklahoma, leaving there in 1903....before Ok....Mo...Ark...TX...lots of good family history. There is---- in their veins some American Indian blood , the features, my grandfather spoke the Indian language, the oral history in a tiny lost story, but a whisper that one knows it is so. I know it is lost and yet it would be nice to know my history...not for records, but for my heart. The family say to me, as I am the genealogy person in the family......"Have you found our Indian blood?" I try to tell them it is lost, it is so very hard to prove, to study and know the records, to know how to find the records, why they may have chosen to not register on the rolls....... So your e-mail below...tells me...it is a life time of hard work and many records. I am happy to know the things I do know and our oral history can live on in our hearts and will not to be down in paper records. Thank you...now I can move on...... Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <HealTheCircle@aol.com> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Natural Archives closure > In reference to Dawes, the case numbers refer to the "application" and any > and all documents that went with that. It's been a while since I was in > nara....but I remember that you could look at the individual > indexes.....and also > the applications themselves (microfilmed copies if my memory serves me). > Sometimes there were also interviews...narratives. If you request the > information by case number you should get all of any documentation > referring to that > application. > > If anyone else can give her further information on this please do. > > As far as tracing for genealogy sake, there are many ways to trace. I > would > start with the tribal affiliation. Then I would contact the tribe. Most > that have websites online can give you info about how you can get more > info. > > I would recommend that if you have a tribal affiliation...and a geographic > area....you do a lot of research on your own. Start with history of that > tribe. That should also be available on the website. Depending on the > date of > your information....you may be looking in the original locations of the > tribes...before the removal....or other locations. > > Also, I had success in connecting with others here....on the genealogy > websites, such as ancestry.com, kindred connections, etc., by posting on > their > message boards...with name, location and what information you are seeking. > I > have met other members of my families....and shared information...which > was > valuable to them and me. > > Your last question....degree of blood is specific to a particular tribe. > Also, each tribe has their own degree of blood determination to be able > to > apply for membership. > > I would like to encourage you to learn as much as you can, about the > tribe(s) you believe you have connnections with. I have found that if you > do some > homework, before you search, your questions will be more insightful...and > you > will be respected for the time you have put in to study. > > jes > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >