A Guide to Tracing American Indian Ancestry provides researchers a methodology for researching their Native American family tree. One of the most frequent questions we get at AccessGenealogy is how do I research my Native American ancestry? This guide, published by NARA is meant to assist you in finding the Federal records available for each tribe, and using them to research your own family tree.
The following index includes the names of the father and mother, as well as the name of the enrolled citizen. It is arranged alphabetically, both as to the sir and Christian names. We have been very careful in its preparation and have spent months in an effort to make it as complete and useful as …
A help guide explaining the 1817 Reservation Roll of Cherokee Indians. The Reservation Roll is a listing of Cherokee Indians applying for a 640 acre tract in the East in lieu of removing to Arkansas.
A guide created to assist a descendant of a Mississippi Choctaw to better understand the Armstrong Rolls and how it may apply to their ancestor.
When starting your search of the Final Rolls (Dawes Rolls) it can and will be confusing. To make this process simpler for the researcher who visits our pages I suggest you look at the information provided on the Final Rolls like a book, Index, Content, and Bibliography. The Index tells you what and where you …
Research for American Indian ancestors begins just like any other search for ancestry you begin with what you know, Yourself! We have provided a useful tool to aid you in your research, Beginning Genealogy. You have to do the basics before you can do the part you really want to do. Working backwards does not …
