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• A Guide to Cherokee Confederate Military Units, 1861 - 1865

• A Guide To Discovering Your Cherokee Ancestors

• Access Genealogy - Biographies of the Cherokee Indians

  Families listed in alphabetical order.

• All Things Cherokee - Cherokee Genealogy

• Beginning Your Cherokee Research

  Article by Jerry Wright Jordan.

• Cherokee Ancestry | U.S. Department of the Interior

  Research advice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

• Cherokee Archival Project

• Cherokee by Blood

  From the TNGenWeb Project.

• Cherokee By Blood - Cherokee Resources, Cherokee Genealogy, Cherokee Religion

  Free lookups and genealogical services.

• Cherokee Chief William Holland Thomas

  Cherokee Chief William Holland Thomas and the Eastern Band of Cherokee in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.

• Cherokee Genealogy Tutorial

• Cherokee Heritage Documentation Center

  The Cherokee Heritage Documentation Center maintains a registry and database of individuals claiming Cherokee blood. The center assists people in obtaining the documentation needed for tribal enrollment and operates as a repository of cultural, historical, anecdotal and genealogical information. The public information on this website is provided as a free resource to aid in research, genealogy and education about the Cherokee people.

• Cherokee Legion, Georgia State Guards

• Cherokee Pronunciation and Spelling Guide

• Cherokee syllabary (Wikipedia)

• Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama

• Chickamauga Cherokee Indians - Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Genealogy, Chickamauga Cherokee Genealogy

  Researching the Chickamauga Cherokee of the Arkansas Territory.

• Dawes Final Rolls | OHS Research Center

  From the Oklahoma Historical Society, this easy-to-search index includes those who applied for enrollment in one of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole). The rolls were taken between 1898 and 1906. This index includes the name, age, sex, blood quantum, census card number, tribe and enrollment number.

• Dawes Rolls:

  • Access Genealogy - Search the Final Rolls

    Dawes is a list of those members of the Five Civilized Tribes who removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the 1800's and were living there during 1898-1914.

  • Ancestry.com - Dawes Commission Index, 1896

    Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Online searchable index of the over 14,000 records of individuals in the Five Civilized Tribes that applied for citizenship under the Act of 1896 The Five Civilized Tribes include the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Creek and the Seminole. Original source: United States, National Archives and Records Administration. Applications From the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992.

  • Fold3 - Native American Collection $

    Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

    • Dawes Packets

      Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, NARA M1301.

  • Native American Records in the National Archives

    • Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (The Dawes Commission), 1893-1914

    • Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory

      Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole.

    • OPA - Online Public Access: Native American

      Search multiple National Archives resources at once.

      • Dawes Applications (Cherokee)

      • Dawes Applications (Chickasaw)

      • Dawes Applications (Choctaw)

      • Dawes Applications (Creek)

      • Dawes Applications (Delaware)

      • Dawes Applications (Seminole)

      • Dawes Rolls and Index

    • Prologue: Selected Articles - Spring 1997, Vol. 29, No. 1,

      Article by Kent Carter.

    • The Dawes Rolls (Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory) Online

      An online tutorial from the National Archives and Records Administration.

• Eastern Band of Cherokee - Official Government Website