Understanding the Final
(Dawes) Rolls
When starting your search of the Final 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 will find the
information in the book. In this case
the name, tribe and roll
number. On our pages you will find
this listed as
Final Roll Index. This search
produced the following:
From the index you now have the information
you need to search the Contents of
the book, Frank T. Swift, Cherokee, Roll
26758. On our pages this is the
Dawes Final Rolls. This search
produced the following:
Our search provided us with 2 Frank T.
Swift's, same age, degree of blood. With
this information we can now check the
Bibliography which in this case is the
Census Card. I can't tell you which card to
order, you will have to decide that on your
own. Census Card D228 shows the
following:
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
card number you now have a list of Frank and his family. This search
produced the following:
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
must have your ancestors name
and tribe, before you can make any kind of search that will be useful to
your research. Indian Genealogy
may be helpful in obtaining this
information.
The following chart also provides
information on the Type and Roll number:
A - Adopted
AD - Adopted Delaware
BB - By Blood
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 |
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