WEBSITES FOR CHEROKEE RESEARCH

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1 WEBSITES FOR CHEROKEE RESEARCH Gene Norris, Genealogist Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc. Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation April 8, 2014 For handouts for this presentation and related information, go to:

2 FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE INDEXES TO MANY NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS ACCESS TO SEVERAL CHEROKEE ROLLS

3 Newly revamped and updated page

4 INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL WITH SERACH ENGINE SEARCH WITH ONLY LAST NAME, FIRST NAME &/OR MIDDLE INITIAL MIDDLE NAME NOT OFTEN LISTED

5 Newly revamped and updated page

6 CLICK ON GUIDE TO THE FINAL ROLL TO SEE EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS ALSO GIVES HELPFUL SEARCH HINTS

7 Newly revamped and updated page

8 CLICK ON CARD NUMBER TO SEE ALL FAMILY LISTED AGES CALCULATED FROM 1900 AGES WITH M BY NUMBER CALCULATED FROM 1906

9 Newly revamped and updated page

10 CARD WILL SHOW ALL FAMILY LISTS POSTAL ADDRESS PARENTS OF ADULTS OR CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT FATHER IN NAME ONLY

11 Newly revamped and updated page

12 o SUBSCRIPTION SITE (formerly known as footnote.com) o SOME LIBRARIES OFFER PUBLIC ACCESS o DIGITIZED IMAGES OF CHEROKEE RECORDS o OTHER RECORDS DIGITIZED AS WELL

13 CLICK ON BROWSE CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS HAVE DAWES PACKETS, DAWES CARDS & GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS

14 WITH CARD NUMBER FROM ACCESS, GO TO NAME CLICK ON IMAGE GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS LISTED BY SURNAMES IMAGES CAN BE SAVED TO FILE

15 SUBSCRIPTION SITE SOME PORTIONS FREE PUBLIC ACCESS USE SOUNDEX TO SEARCH HAS INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL HAS U. S. INDIAN CENSUSES

16 HAS DIGITIZED IMAGES OF U. S. CENSUSES, BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH, MILITARY, & MANY OTHER RECORDS ALSO HAS FAMILY TREES, HISTORIES & PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS DIGITIZED IMAGES OF NEWSPAPERS & BOOKS

17 NARROW YOUR SEARCH SEARCH BY FIRST NAME, COUNTY, STATE & DATE RANGES WITH CENSUSES, PARENTS NAMES CAN BE USED OR ANY KEY WORDS

18 FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE BOUGHT OUT BY ANCESTRY BUT REMAINS FREE CLICK ON INDEX OF ALL SEARCH ENGINES & DATABASES

19 o HAS MANY OF THE SAME RECORDS AS ANCESTRY BUT NOT DIGITIZED

20 UNDER USER CONTRIBUTED RECORDS- DATABASES CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS

21 HAS SEARCH ENGINE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS

22 HAS INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL SIMILAR TO ACCESSGENEALOGY.COM

23 LIKE ACCESS, ALSO SHOWS ALL FAMILY LISTED ON FAMILY CENSUS CARD CARD NUMBER IS DAWES PACKET NUMBER

24 FREE PUBLIC SITE GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM ROOTSWEB VOLUNTEER BASED

25 HAS SOME RECORDS FOR ALL 50 STATES INCLUDE COUNTY RECORDS SUCH AS MARRIAGES, CEMETERIES NOT ALL COMPLETE

26 INDEX TO INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS, A WPA PROJECT SOME ARE TRANSCRIBED GIVE FAMILY INFORMATION

27 INDEXED BY LAST NAME ALSO INCLUDES CEMETERY LISTS FROM THE CHEROKEE NATION

28 HAS DIGITIZED IMAGES OF THE INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS ALSO CALLED THE DORIS DUKE COLLECTION HOUSED AT OU IN NORMAN

29 o INDEXED BY VOLUME o CAN BE SEARCHED BY SURNAME o EACH VOLUME IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

30 MANY INTERVIEWS DONE IN THE 1930 S SOME DONE LATER INTERVIEWS RELATE FAMILY LIFE & INFORMATION

31 EXAMPLE OF THE INTERVIEW OF FRED PALONE DONE IN 1937

32 FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE SPONSORED BY THE LDS FAMILYSEARCH. ORG SITE

33 HAS MANY DIGITIZED RECORDS SUCH AS CENSUSES, BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES MORE RECORDS BEING ADDED EVERY DAY

34 FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE MANY INDEXES TO RECORDS AMERICAN INDIAN RECORDS, INCLUDING CHEROKEE

35 THE INDIAN ARCHIVES ARE A GREAT RESEARCH SOURCE

36 THERE ARE MANY INDEXES, INCLUDING CHEROKEE & OTHER TRIBAL RECORDS

37 GO TO SEARCH CATALOG NEXT, CLICK ON ARCHIVES CATALOG

38 THIS TAKES YOU TO ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE CLICK ON CORE COLLECTIONS

39 o THERE ARE SEVERAL CATAGORIES UNDER CORE COLLECTIONS o GO TO INDIAN ARCHIVES COLLECTION

40 THERE ARE MANY RECORDS RELATED TO THE CHEROKEE NATION AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBES THESE RECORDS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED

41 CHEROKEE LAND ALLOTMENT MAPS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE TO HOME COMPUTER

42 NOT USED AS OFTEN NATIONAL ARCHIVES WEBSITE CLICK ON RESEARCH

43 CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICANS UNDER OFTEN-REQUESTED RECORDS

44 TAKES RESEARCHER TO DIFFERENT LISTS OF NATIVE RECORDS INCLUDING CHEROKEE HAS INDEXES TO DAWES FINAL ROLL & GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS SOMETIMES HARD TO FOLLOW

45 FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE GREAT SOURCE FOR LOCATING GRAVES PHOTOS SOMETIME INCLUDED

46 CLICK ON FIND GRAVES ON RIGHT TAKES YOU TO SEARCH ENGINE LAST NAME IS REQUIRED WILL NOT SEARCH BY FIRST NAME ONLY

47 SEARCH WILL TAKE YOU TO CEMETERY LISTING A TOMBSTONE BY NAMES INDICATES PHOTO OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS DEATH NOTICE ALSO INCLUDED

48 o PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE ENLARGED, SAVED TO FILE &/OR PRINTED

49 BIBLIOGRAPHY

50 WEBSITES FOR CHEROKEE RESEARCH Gene Norris, Genealogist Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc. Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation April 8, 2014 For handouts for this presentation and related information, go to: