This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sirkel, Winters Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/800.1.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/commission.php [NOTE: If you search "Sirkel" at the above page, it will return the application number along with the following information. It does not tell you how to get a copy of the application. Tommie Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to the Enrollment of the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of 1896 This is the index of Cherokees, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek found on microfilm M1650 obtained from the National Archives in Fort Worth, Texas. If your ancestor was on the 1896 Cherokee Census they probably will NOT be on this index. This is NOT the 1896 CENSUS. It is an index of people who were NOT recognized by the Cherokee Tribe and subsequently made application to be considered for citizenship. Last Name First Name Middle Name Tribe Application Number Sirkel Daniel Webster CHER 5118 On the 54 rolls of this microfilm publication, M1650, are reproduced applications for enrollment of the Five Civilized Tribes under the act of June 10, 1896. These applications, housed in the National Archives-southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas, were maintained by the Muskogee Area Office and are part of the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75.