Research...

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The National Archives  

Guide to Federal Records in the
National Archives of the United States

More information on the Web:

For anyone serious about pursuing their Cherokee genealogy, there are lots of helpful sites on the Web. Just go to your favorite search engine and type in "Cherokee genealogy". 

 

The Shawnee Nation has links:

Absentee Shawnee Nation: 

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/shawnee/hathawekalaindianhist.htm

 

The Eastern Shawnee:

http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/history3.html

Patrick County Historical Society

Museum and Research Center

 

 116 W. Blue Ridge Street

P.O. Box 1045

Stuart, Virginia 24171

(276) 694-2840

 

Hours:  Tue-Sat.  10am—2pm

 

http://www.patcovahistory.org

 

We now have some new books written by

Native Americans that were

Donated by Douglas Belcher

 

Cherokee Roots, vol 1, and the Dawes Plus

by Blankenship is on order.

 

We also have some NARA applications

To apply for copies of those listed on

The Dawes Rolls.

 

Bassett Historical Center

 

The Historical section of the Bassett Library has one of the best Indian research facilities in Central and Southwest Virginia.  They have all of the applications, the Guion Miller, Dawes rolls, etc., Cherokee census, and the indices for the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, etc. rolls. 

3964 Fairystone Park Hwy

Bassett, Virginia 24055

Phone (276) 629-9191  Fax: (276) 629-9840

Hours:  Mon-Wed-Thur 10-6   Tues 12-8    Fri&Sat 10-2

If you have links that would be helpful here, click on the E-MAIL button below and send them to me.

DNA Testing

 

Ancestry by DNA          The Gene Tree

Two of the best sites for the history of the Native American

  http://cherokeehistory.com/index.html

  Black Hawk   http://www.affv.nu/andreasson