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: http://www.cherokee.org/cco
WWW.ACCESSGENEALOGY.COM/NATIVE FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE INDEXES TO MANY NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS ACCESS TO SEVERAL CHEROKEE ROLLS
Newly revamped and updated page
INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL WITH SERACH ENGINE SEARCH WITH ONLY LAST NAME, FIRST NAME &/OR MIDDLE INITIAL MIDDLE NAME NOT OFTEN LISTED
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CLICK ON GUIDE TO THE FINAL ROLL TO SEE EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS ALSO GIVES HELPFUL SEARCH HINTS
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CLICK ON CARD NUMBER TO SEE ALL FAMILY LISTED AGES CALCULATED FROM 1900 AGES WITH M BY NUMBER CALCULATED FROM 1906
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CARD WILL SHOW ALL FAMILY LISTS POSTAL ADDRESS PARENTS OF ADULTS OR CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT FATHER IN NAME ONLY
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WWW.FOLD3.COM 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
CLICK ON BROWSE CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS HAVE DAWES PACKETS, DAWES CARDS & GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS
WITH CARD NUMBER FROM ACCESS, GO TO NAME CLICK ON IMAGE GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS LISTED BY SURNAMES IMAGES CAN BE SAVED TO FILE
WWW.ANCESTRY.COM SUBSCRIPTION SITE SOME PORTIONS FREE PUBLIC ACCESS USE SOUNDEX TO SEARCH HAS INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL HAS U. S. INDIAN CENSUSES
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
NARROW YOUR SEARCH SEARCH BY FIRST NAME, COUNTY, STATE & DATE RANGES WITH CENSUSES, PARENTS NAMES CAN BE USED OR ANY KEY WORDS
WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE BOUGHT OUT BY ANCESTRY BUT REMAINS FREE CLICK ON INDEX OF ALL SEARCH ENGINES & DATABASES
o HAS MANY OF THE SAME RECORDS AS ANCESTRY BUT NOT DIGITIZED
UNDER USER CONTRIBUTED RECORDS- DATABASES CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS
HAS SEARCH ENGINE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS
HAS INDEX TO DAWES FINAL ROLL SIMILAR TO ACCESSGENEALOGY.COM
LIKE ACCESS, ALSO SHOWS ALL FAMILY LISTED ON FAMILY CENSUS CARD CARD NUMBER IS DAWES PACKET NUMBER
WWW.USGENWEB.ORG FREE PUBLIC SITE GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM ROOTSWEB VOLUNTEER BASED
HAS SOME RECORDS FOR ALL 50 STATES INCLUDE COUNTY RECORDS SUCH AS MARRIAGES, CEMETERIES NOT ALL COMPLETE
INDEX TO INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS, A WPA PROJECT SOME ARE TRANSCRIBED GIVE FAMILY INFORMATION
INDEXED BY LAST NAME ALSO INCLUDES CEMETERY LISTS FROM THE CHEROKEE NATION
HTTP://DIGITAL.LIBRARIES.OU.EDU HAS DIGITIZED IMAGES OF THE INDIAN PIONEER PAPERS ALSO CALLED THE DORIS DUKE COLLECTION HOUSED AT OU IN NORMAN
o INDEXED BY VOLUME o CAN BE SEARCHED BY SURNAME o EACH VOLUME IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
MANY INTERVIEWS DONE IN THE 1930 S SOME DONE LATER INTERVIEWS RELATE FAMILY LIFE & INFORMATION
EXAMPLE OF THE INTERVIEW OF FRED PALONE DONE IN 1937
WWW.FAMILYSEARCH.ORG FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE SPONSORED BY THE LDS FAMILYSEARCH. ORG SITE
HAS MANY DIGITIZED RECORDS SUCH AS CENSUSES, BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES MORE RECORDS BEING ADDED EVERY DAY
WWW.OKHISTORY.ORG/RESEARCH FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE MANY INDEXES TO RECORDS AMERICAN INDIAN RECORDS, INCLUDING CHEROKEE
THE INDIAN ARCHIVES ARE A GREAT RESEARCH SOURCE
THERE ARE MANY INDEXES, INCLUDING CHEROKEE & OTHER TRIBAL RECORDS
GO TO SEARCH CATALOG NEXT, CLICK ON ARCHIVES CATALOG
THIS TAKES YOU TO ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE CLICK ON CORE COLLECTIONS
o THERE ARE SEVERAL CATAGORIES UNDER CORE COLLECTIONS o GO TO INDIAN ARCHIVES COLLECTION
THERE ARE MANY RECORDS RELATED TO THE CHEROKEE NATION AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBES THESE RECORDS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED
CHEROKEE LAND ALLOTMENT MAPS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE TO HOME COMPUTER
WWW.ARCHIVES.GOV NOT USED AS OFTEN NATIONAL ARCHIVES WEBSITE CLICK ON RESEARCH
CLICK ON NATIVE AMERICANS UNDER OFTEN-REQUESTED RECORDS
TAKES RESEARCHER TO DIFFERENT LISTS OF NATIVE RECORDS INCLUDING CHEROKEE HAS INDEXES TO DAWES FINAL ROLL & GUION MILLER APPLICATIONS SOMETIMES HARD TO FOLLOW
WWW.FINDAGRAVE.COM FREE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE GREAT SOURCE FOR LOCATING GRAVES PHOTOS SOMETIME INCLUDED
CLICK ON FIND GRAVES ON RIGHT TAKES YOU TO SEARCH ENGINE LAST NAME IS REQUIRED WILL NOT SEARCH BY FIRST NAME ONLY
SEARCH WILL TAKE YOU TO CEMETERY LISTING A TOMBSTONE BY NAMES INDICATES PHOTO OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS DEATH NOTICE ALSO INCLUDED
o PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE ENLARGED, SAVED TO FILE &/OR PRINTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY www.accessgenealogy.com/native www.accessgenealogy.com/native/finalroll.php www.fold3.com www.ancestry.com www.rootsweb.ancestry.com www.familysearch.org www.okhistory.org/research/ www.archives.gov www.findagrave.com www.interment.net www.familysearch.org www.genforum.com http://www.deathindexes.com/tennessee/index.html www.newspapers.com www.usgenweb.org http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer
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: http://www.cherokee.org/cco