While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Guide to the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized
Tribes
These pages can be searched to discover the enrollee's name, age, sex,
blood degree, type, census card number and roll number. Check the headings
in each column. The letter guide was furnished by the National Archives.
These letters can appear both on Type and Roll number
A - Adopted
AD- Adopted Delaware
D - Doubtful or denied
F - Freedman
FD - Freedman, doubtful or denied
FM - Freedman, minor
FRR - Freedman, rejected
IW - Intermarried White
MCR - Mississippi Choctaw Rejected
NR - Not Registered, Non Resident
O - Owner*
OS - Old Series** Old Settler
P - Parent
*Owner - at one time a slave
Old Series - At one time this person had another card and the information
was transferred to a new card.
Some Search Hints
These suggestions are offered in hopes
it will make your search more fruitful. Reading here is the key
element to a successful search, and I am going to provide a couple
examples of what can happen if you read, search and apply for Packets.
Click on the links so you can see how you can made this
search.
I found
Frank
T. Swift #D288 (D, meaning doubtful) clicked on his
census card number and you find his family. I had a copy of
his census card, Here is where the reading comes
in. If you look at the bottom of the card you will find the hand
written note:
Feb. 3, 1909 in accordance with the decision of
the Commission of Jan. 15, 1903, No's 1-5 incl. are transferred to
Cherokee card #10078
Now look up Frank T. Swift #10078, click on his you now have a list of Frank and his family. You
also know they were not denied or doubtful.
Without the census card the
search is a little more difficult, but if you just follow through with the
census card numbers, you will find that some that were doubtful, denied,
or rejected can change. You do need an idea of your ancestors name
and tribe, before you can make any kind of search that will be useful to
your research.
