Seminole Research at AccessGenealogy

As we build pages at AccessGenealogy/Native, we try to provide information on all the Indian Tribes.  We add complete books on many of the tribes, their tribal history, great information from knowledgeable people on a particular tribe and in general what you ask for from your emails.

This page is the first in what we hope will provide our reader with all pages available on AccessGenealogy/Native for the Seminole Tribe of Indians. Many of the pages contain only a brief amount on the tribe, use your browser find on page for a search.

• Indian Genealogy, Webmaster

• How to Search (Five Civilized Tribes), Dusty

• Southeastern United States Indian Research, Jackie Matte

• How to Register or get your CDIB Card (Five Civilized Tribes), Webmaster

• How to Write and Manage a Genealogical Query by Kathie M. Donahue, AG

Free Pages

Indian Missions of the Southern States
All of this region, and even as far north as Virginia, was loosely designated as Florida in the earlier period, and was entirely within the sphere of Spanish influence until about the end of the seventeenth. century.

Seminole Indian Biographies
   Asseola (Osceola), Seminole Leader
   Billy Bowlegs and the Everglades of Florida
   Chittee Yoholo, Seminole
   Foke Luste Hajo, Seminole Chief
   Halpatter Micco or Billy Bowlegs
   Yaha Hajo, Seminole War Chief
   Neamathla Seminole Chief
   Micanopy, Seminole Chief
   Asseola (Osceola) Seminole Leader

Indian Treaties with the Seminole
   Treaty with the Florida Tribes of Indians, September 18, 1823
   Treaty With The Seminole, May 9, 1832
   Treaty with the Seminole, March 28, 1833
   Treaty with the Creeks and Seminole, January 4, 1845
   Treaty With The Creeks, 1856
   Agreement With The Cherokee and other Tribes in The Indian Territory, September 13, 1865
   Treaty with the Seminole, March 21, 1866

Mailing Lists, Queries and Message Boards

Indian Mailing Lists
A great place to start your research.  There are many lists specific to a tribe and there is one for each state and Canada. You will meet people who have been searching for years, know all the tricks and rocks to look under, places they hid, and how to make your search worthwhile. If you are new to Indian Genealogy, I recommend NA-NEWBIES, you will find others like yourself who are just starting on the search of a lifetime.
   Seminole Indian Surname Mailing List

Seminole Indian Queries  Read  Post

Census and Indian Rolls

The following rolls are specific to the Cherokee Indian Tribe, the Dawes Final roll includes the 4 other civilized tribes.
   Dawes Final Roll Index
   Dawes Final Roll

Indians in the 11th Census (1890) of the United States
Prior to 1846 there was no general law for taking a census of the Indians within the United States, Thomas Jefferson in 1782 gave a careful analysis of the location of tribes and their numbers in the United States, which then comprised only the country east of the Mississippi and north of the Floridas.
   Florida

US Indian Census Schedules 1885-1940

Books

The Seminole Indians of Florida, by Clay MacCauley
At the beginning of my visit I found but one Seminole with whom I could hold even the semblance of an English conversation. To him I am indebted for a large part of the material here collected. To him, in particular, I owe the extensive Seminole vocabulary now in possession of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Laws, Decisions and Regulations Affecting the work of the Commissioners to the Five Civilized Tribes
Provides information on many of the laws used by the The Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior. 
   Seminole Town Site Act

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, by Frederick W. Hodge
During the early exploration and settlement of North America, a multitude of Indian tribes were encountered, having diverse customs and languages. Lack of knowledge of the aborigines and of their languages led to many curious errors on the part of the early explorers and settlers
   Seminole Indian Tribe History
   Seminole Indian Chiefs and Leaders
   Muskhogean Indian Family History

Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton
From the date of its first appearance in 1891 the Powell map of "Linguistic Families of American Indians North of Mexico" has proved of the widest utility. It has been reissued several times and copied into numerous publications. There has, however, been almost equal need of a map giving the location of the tribes under the several families.
   Florida Indian Tribes
   Seminole Indian Tribe

Indian Races of North and South America, by Charles De Wolfe Brownell
n describing the adventures and proceedings of the pioneers in the settlement and civilization of the Western Continent, the interesting nature of the narrative may have led the author, in some instances, away from the immediate object of his attention.
   Pursuit of the Seminoles Southward
   The Florida Indians
   Defeat of the Seminoles

Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico, by John Wesley Powell
The terms “family” and “stock” are here applied interchangeably to a group of languages that are supposed to be cognate.
   Muskhogean Family

Sign Language Among North American Indians
As the few publications on the general subject, possessing more than historic interest, are meager in details and vague in expression, original investigation has been necessary.

 Indian Research

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