Eastern Cherokee by Blood, 1906-1910. Cherokee-Related Records of Special Commissioner Guion Miller. Volume XI

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Jeff Bowen has added an eleventh volume of transcriptions from the Guion Miller files, totaling just over 4,000 applications. Mr. Bowen culled every shred of genealogical value from the applications, which in every case provides the application number, applicantÔÇÖs name and city of residence, number of other persons in the applicantÔÇÖs family, references to family members found in other applications, and the disposition of the application. In some instances, Mr. Bowen has supplemented the core elements found in the abstracts with references to other family members by name, relationship(s), and dates of birth and/or death. In a number of cases, these applications refer to the origins of Native Americans other than Cherokee (Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Slave, etc.). Mr. Bowen notes these connections in the index to each volume, in parentheses next to the individualÔÇÖs name. The researcher will find references to more than 5,000 Cherokee descendants in the new volume, bringing the total number of descendants in the eleven volumes to over 65,000.