These three distinct rolls, taken 1896-1909, are unique and provide significant genealogical information, but can be confusing for researchers of American Indian records.  The 1896 Applications were a "false start" for tribal enrollment in Indian Territory, (in what is now eastern Oklahoma),the Dawes Final Roll cover the Five Tribes in Indian Territory, and the Guion Miller includes applications from Cherokees (and Cherokee hopefuls) worldwide.  Not all the rolls are offical proof of tribal citizen, but each is rich with family information.  Debra Osborne Spindle,PhD, retired librarian from the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society will present via Zoom.

This session will give an overview of Freedmen's Bureau Records, how to access them, and what types of information may be gathered from them.The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen's Bureau) was created by the Federal government in 1865, at the end of the American Civil War.  The records of this agency are useful not only for descendants of the formerly enslaved, but also for the descendants of others living and working in the South after the conflict.  Barbara Mulvihill, retired librarian from Salina, Kansas will present in person and by Zoom.