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    1. Something New to check
    2. Helen West
    3. Dear Sisters and Brothers, Here is something new at the National Archives. Use the below link to search the on-line NAIL. It's called the Wallace Rolls. Please read: Wallace Roll of Cherokee Freedmen in Indian Territory, 1890. 1 multi-page document from this series has been digitized. The digitized document is a schedule of names of Cherokee freedmen created by Special Agent John W. Wallace. Individuals on the schedule were entitled to share with the Shawnee and Delaware in the per capita distribution of $75,000, appropriated by Congress in October 1888, and issued under the supervision of his office. These records are held by NARA's Textual Archives Service Division Old Military and Civilian Records Unit (Washington, DC). Search Hint: To retrieve the multi-page digitized document, select the "NAIL Digital Copies Search Form" and enter Wallace Roll in the first Keywords box. http://www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=standard.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK= OK Peace be with you. Helen

    08/10/1999 11:17:48