Expert: Michael Troy - 9/9/2009

Question
We have pretty much finished the genealogy for our family...well kind of. We're having difficulty finding our Native American ancestors. I finally figured out we were looking at the wrong tribe but I need a place that can give me good access to Dawes rolls. Could you suggest a website? it doesn't have to be free.

Answer
Hi Cassidy,

The US Archives has the indexes, but not the full info available online here:

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/

If you need the full information because you found something useful in the index, you can order a searchable copy of the Dawes index database here:

http://dawesrolls.com/

I have not personally used either of these resources, so I can say how useful or easy to use they are, but you are welcome to try.

I hope this helps!
- Mike