6 Responses for "attempting to search out the Indian ancestry in my family tree how can I begin?"

1. happy wife January 11th, 2009 at 12:30 am 1

   First of all you need to find out everything you can from your family, make a note of any names and dates they can tell you. They might also have photos and certificates that might help.
   I don't know a lot about Indian ancestry, but a few weeks ago when I did some research for a friend of mine whose G-G Grandmother was from India, I found her marriage record on this website:
   http://www.fibis.org/
   I also found some info on Indian records on:
   http://www.familysearch.org/
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2. starshadow7@sbcglobal.net January 11th, 2009 at 12:55 am 2

   http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/commission.php

   This site has the different rolls and names of the people that were counted during the removal. There are histories, deeds, cencus' , cemetary records. There are also several links on the page to "how tos" and places to search out the Native American Heritage.

   Not everythong is free, but everything I've looked at so far has been.

   Gather all of the information you can, then go to the tribal officials.

   It is not easy but don't give up.

   Good Luck
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3. Holly N January 11th, 2009 at 1:42 am 3

   First of all I will say if you are in this search for the money forget it.

   You need to do the research to locate what ancestor is on the dawes roll. Once you have all the documentation that the tribe requires then you submit it all to the tribe for their consideration. There is no guarantee that you will be accepted so don't get your hopes up. If you can't find your ancestor on the dawes and provide all the documentation then don't even try submitting to the tribal offices.
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4. iris9753 January 11th, 2009 at 2:29 am 4

   You might like to join the following group,

   india-l@rootsweb.com

   I have found many distant cousins from this group & they are very helpful on the group too.

   They give you guidance in where to search & how to find out information on India relatives, its a great group to be on..

   http://www.fibis.com is another good site to check out too.

   If you google for Cathy days website, she has many great links for india..

   good luck
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5. 69Cherokee January 11th, 2009 at 3:18 am 5

   This question is asked, and answered, in one form or another about 10 times a day. Please search previously asked questions for this so people do not have to re-post the same response over and over and over and over and over again.
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6. AI January 11th, 2009 at 3:51 am 6

   Oh my, so many ways of finding the infomation there is, and I have included the links you will need to help you. Of course, in addition to this, you can also use the resources at your local library, they are only too happy to help you with your searches and queries.

   http://www.google.com

   http://www.wikipedia.org/

   http://uk.search.yahoo.com/web

   http://findarticles.com/

   http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp

   http://www.aresearchguide.com/

   http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/886...

   http://www.studentresearcher.com/search/...

   http://www.cha cha.com/
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