Genealogy FAQs
What Now? Helpful Contact Information for Your Search
by Christina Berry
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive to this site 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 to obtain 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
Additionally, you can view and save the Dawes enrollment cards and application packets online via Fold3.
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 Enrollment Office.
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
P.O. Box 2069
Cherokee, North Carolina 28719
Phone: (828) 497-8110, ask for the Tribal Enrollment Office.
Fax: (828) 497-8199
If your ancestors are eligible to enroll with the United Keetoowah Band you will want to contact them United Keetoowah Band Enrollment Office.
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
P.O. Box 746, Tahlequah, OK 74465-0746
Phone: (918) 456-5491
Fax: (918) 456-9601
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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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