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What Now? Helpful Contact Information for Your Search
by Christina Berry
I frequently get genealogy requests from visitors to this site. More often then not the question is, "It seems I've gotten as far as I can on my own. Now what?" In this article I've tried to compile contact information for some of the more frequently asked questions.
If you have a Dawes roll number and would like the full file on your ancestor you can get this at the National Archives in either Washington D.C. or Fort Worth, Texas.
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
Phone: 866-325-7208
E-mail
The Fort Worth facility maintains the retired records from Federal agencies and courts in Arkansas, Louisana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Street Address:
501 West Felix Street, Building 1
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405
Mailing Address:
P.O. 6216
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-0216
Phone: 817-334-5515
E-mail: ftworth.archives@nara.gov
Fax: 817-334-5511
If you have your Dawes Roll information and would like to join the Cherokee Nation you will need to contact the Cherokee Nation Tribal Registration Office.
Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465-0948
Phone: 918-456-0671
E-mail: registration@cherokee.org
If your Cherokee ancestors are from the North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia area you will want to contact the Eastern Band of the Cherokees for help with your genealogy research.
The Eastern Band of Cherokees
Qualla Boundary
P.O. Box 455
Cherokee, NC 28719
Phone: 828-497-4771
If you are still trying to get started with your research, All Things Cherokee can help. Learn more about our genealogy services.
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Title: Cherokee Roots: Eastern (Volume 1)
Price: $10.00
Description: Indexes all rolls of the Eastern Cherokee, taken from 1817 to 1924. This records those Cherokee living east of the Mississippi River.
Title: Cherokee Roots: Western (Volume 2)
Price: $20.00
Description: Indexes all rolls of the Western Cherokee, taken from 1851 to 1909. This records those Cherokee living west of the Mississippi River.
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