Hi Family,
Happy "T" day - a day early - or hey, if'n you're on AOL - this might be
a
day after (ha ha ha)!
This showed up in "Database of the Day (Free for 10 Days!)" portion of
"Ancestry Daily News" - just thought I'd share.
Cheryl Trowbridge-Taylor
Dawes Commission Index 1898-1914
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/DBSearch.asp?DatabaseID=3118
Description: Commonly called the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, the
Dawes Commission was appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1893. In
return for abolishing their tribal governments and recognizing state and
federal laws, tribe members of the Five Civilized Tribes - the Cherokee,
Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole - were given a share of common
property. This database indexes the original applications for tribal
enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898. It also indexes documents such as
birth and death affidavits, marriage licenses, and decisions and orders of
the Commission.