- For Cherokee Nation, From the Cherokee Nation.
- For Choctaw, From the Choctaw Nation
- For Chickasaw, From the Chickasaw Nation
- For Creek, From the Creek Nation
- For Seminole, From the Seminole Nation
- Some kind of proof where this family lived for the past 50 years. (This isn’t necessary but helpful.)
- Review our How to Search and South East Native American Research pages.
- Tribal roll records
- Final Rolls (They had to be living in Oklahoma in 1914 to be on the Dawes Rolls)
- A list of rolls that may be of assistance during this time period. You will need to know which tribe.
- Kern Clifton Roll ~ 1897
- Churchill Roll ~ 1908
- Guion Miller Roll ~ 1909
- Baker Roll ~ 1924 (For Eastern Cherokee, must prove relationship to person on this roll)
- Final Rolls (Dawes) These will not be of any use to your unless your family was living in Oklahoma between 1898-1914.
- Final Rolls Census packets. If you know your family was in Oklahoma and you can find them on the Dawes Roll, by all means, send for the census packet. This packet can contain additional information on your direct ancestor and related ancestors. It also may tell you no more than you presently know. Census packet how to order.
- A list of rolls that may be of assistance during this time period. You will need to know which tribe.
- Index to Final Roll ~ 1889~1914
- McKennon Roll ~ 1889
- Wallace Roll ~ 1890
- A list of rolls that may be of assistance during this time period. You will need to know which tribe.
- Swetland Roll ~ 1869
- Hester Roll ~ 1883
- A list of rolls that may be of assistance during this time period. You will need to know which tribe.
- Mullay Roll ~ 1848
- Chapman Roll ~ 1851
- Old Settler Roll ~ 1851
- Siler Roll ~ 1852
- Drennen Roll ~ 1852
- Cooper Roll ~ 1855
- A list of rolls that may be of assistance during this time period. You will need to know which tribe.
- Reservation Roll ~ 1817
- Emigration Roll ~ 1817~1835
Good luck and let us know if these pages helped you in your research.
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How can i go about registering? Replymy grandmother has a dawes roll number how can I get my grandchildren a roll numbers are there forms to fill out I cant find it thanks Reply
Wife father was Cherokee but not sure how or if he was on rolls. Sister in law had her two children cared for by indian health so we cannot talk to either since passed how would we get info to see if his parents were on rolls. Reply
Alan J JepsenI am interested in the process of registering and obtaining a CDIB card but I am wondering if based on this information gotten from ancestry.com if it would be worth my while or that I really even have a claim. The Family History of Alan John Jepsen Gary Edward Jepsen Susan Louise Jepsen Nancy Ann Jepsen Updated March 2016 – 2 – Our Jepsen history can be traced as far back as our 2nd Great Grandfather, Johann “John” Jepsen [b. 01/1816, d. 1878], who was born in January 1816 in Germany. He married Elisbeth Geb Petersen [b. 1817, d. 1865], who was born in 1817. Together they had seven sons, all born in Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The seven sons were August Jepsen [], Hans Jepsen [], Henry Jepsen [], Johann Jepsen [], Peter Friedrich Jepsen [b. 01/18/1847, d. 1918], Jürgen Fred Jepsen [b. 1849, d. 1921], who would become our Great Grandfather and Fred Jepsen [b. 10/06/1854, d. 1928]. His wife died at the age of 48. In 1872, when “John” was 56, he and some of his sons, along with a wave of others, immigrated to the United States where they settled in Clinton County, Iowa which later developed into the town known as Schleswig, Iowa. “John” died shortly afterwards when he was 62, in 1878. Jürgen Fred Jepsen [b. 1849, d. 1921], our Great Grandfather married Anna M. Tenberg Laumbach [b. 10/10/1842, d. 09/11/1935] on October 8, 1867 when he was 18 years old. She was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1872, when Jürgen was 23, he and Anna, along with a wave of others, immigrated to the United States where they settled in Clinton County, Iowa which later developed into the town known as Schleswig, Iowa. Together, he and Anna had a daughter Ella Katherine Jepsen [b. 03/21/1873, d. 1949]. Jürgen and Anna then got divorced. Then when he was 28 years old he married Magdalena Dorothea Vollersen [b. 1855, d. 1888] on 09/24/1877. Magdalena was from Germany and was part of the wave of immigrants that settled in Iowa. They had four children; Emil Johan Jepsen [b. 11/03/1880, d. 1963], Theodor Conrad Peter Jepsen [b. 01/12/1884, d. 1924], Jürgen Fredrick Jepsen [b. 01/30/1887, d. 1953] and Dorothea Jepsen [b. 1988]. Magdalena died giving birth to Dorothea after 10 years of marriage to Jürgen. Then when Jürgen was 41 years old he married Silla Juliane Sonnichsen [b. 12/14/1863, d. 11/15/1939] on December 21, 1890, who was our Great Grandmother. Silla was from HamelnPyrmont, Niedersachsen, Germany and was the child of Andreas Martin Sonnichsen [b. 1840, d. 06/01/1906] and Dora Geb (Clausen) Sonnichsen []. Jürgen and Silla had two sons; Louis H. Jepsen [b. 07/01/1891, d. 05/18/1976] and John Detlef Jepsen [b. 02/10/1893, d. 1976], our Grandfather. In 1900, at the age of 51 Jürgen was committed to the Iowa Hospital for the Insane. He died there at the age of 72 in 1921. – 3 – John Detlef Jepsen [b. 02/10/1893, d. 05/18/1976] our Grandfather married Gertrude Christina Josephine Tamm [b. 10/01/1905, d. 01/13/1990], our Grandmother and lived in Schleswig, Iowa where they raised their children on the family farm. She was born in Crawford County, Iowa to her parents Edward Taura Tamm [b. June 1872] and Marie Johannsen [b. 05/11/1875] all of which are part of an Indian tribe (most likely the Sioux). She had two sisters; Henriette Paulina Auguste Tamm [b. 02/16/1900, d. 01/27/1947] and Clara Gyde Katharina Tamm [b. 03/20/1902, d. 01/30/1936]. Our Grandfather and Grandmother had five children. The first child was a daughter, Gladys, who lived to be about 5 years old and died of polio. The other children, all sons, were as follows: James Edward Jepsen [b. 05/23/1932, d. 06/05/1999], our father Roy John Jepsen [b. 09/16/1934, d. 07/20/2003], Dean Theadore Jepsen [b. 05/08/1936, d. 01/24/2013] and Glen F. Tammi Jepsen [b. 09/12/1939, d. 01/27/2004]. Uncle Roy married Audrey, whom had 5 children from a previous marriage (Ed, Jim, Debra, Terrie & Sam). They then had two children Catherine and Owen. Uncle Dean married Vi and had no children. Uncle Glen married Carol and had two children; Kevin and David. James Edward Jepsen [b. 05/23/1932, d. 06/05/1999], our father married our mother, Florence Louise Shoemaker [b. 03/12/1934, d. 11/18/2015] on January 30, 1959 in her hometown of Kingston, New York. Her history will be shown under our Shoemaker History. Together, they had 4 children. Alan John Jepsen [b. 10/13/1959] was born in Salem, Oregon. Gary Edward Jepsen [b. 10/13/1960] in Great Falls, Montana. He would marry Carla Ann Deming on July 11, 1987 in Imlay City, Michigan and have two children Emily Louise Jepsen [b. 09/08/1992] and Joel Edward Jepsen [b. 08/03/1996] both born in Littleton, Colorado. Susan Louise Jepsen [b. 03/16/1963] born in Great Falls, Montana, would marry Andrew Stewart Haverly on September 24, 1988 in Gunnison, Colorado and divorce on November 6, 2001 in Vail, Colorado. She would then marry Jeff Lynn Wolff on July 15, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jeff had five children from previous marriages; Staci, Nikki, Jeffrey, Heather & Jesse. Nancy Ann Jepsen [b. 08/01/1970] was born in Canton, Ohio. Therefore, on our Jepsen lineage, we are ¼ German and ¼ Indian and as you will soon see, on our Shoemaker lineage, we are ¼ Dutch and ¼ German.
Kristy Clingerman
– 4 – Our Shoemaker history can be traced as far back as our 2nd Great Grandfather, Nathan Shoemaker [], who was married to Mary Swart [] both who lived in the Netherlands and spoke Dutch and immigrated to the United States. It is unknown how many children they had. They did however have Charles Shoemaker [b. 04/1867, d. 01/22/1902], our Great Grandfather who was born in New York. Charles married Hattie Sanford in 1891 when he was 24 and they had three children before he died at the age of 34. The three children were Harry Shoemaker [], Elmer Shoemaker [b. 08/25/1895, d. 09/08/1983], our Grandfather who was born in Catskill, New York and Mabel Shoemaker [b. 08/27/1999]. Elmer married Lena Louise Henrietta Wolff [b. 11/06/1897, d. 01/05/1978]. Our Wolff history can be traced as far back as our 3rd Great Grandfather, Ludwig Johann Heinrich Wulf [b. early 1800’s] and Elisabeth Magdalene Henrica Rusch [b. early 1800’s] from Laage, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is unknown how many children they had other than our 2nd Great Grandfather, Ludwig Johann Christian Wulf [b. 08/18/1862] who married Henriette Wilhelmine Sophie Seebach. Ludwig and Henriette lived in Laage, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and had at least one child, Hermann Johann Karl Friedrich Wulf [b. 06/03/1872, d. 09/29/1940]. In 1877, at the age of 5, he immigrated to the United States and settled into Kingston, New York. The spelling of his last name changed to Wolff. He married Louisa Marie Caroline Peters [b. 10/07/1875, d. 04/10/1939] on November 21, 1894. Louisa was also from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (immigrated to the United States in 1888 at the age of 13) and was born to Johann Christian Elias Peters [] and Caroline Sophie Dorothea Soltmann [b. 1854, d. 11/19/1910]. Hermann and Louisa had 11 children; Bertha Johanna Wilhelinne Wolff [b. 03/10/1896, d. 03/05/1933], Lena Louise Henrietta Wolff [b. 11/06/1897, d. 01/05/1978] our Grandmother, Wilhelm Herman Wolff [b. 11/25/1898, d. 1955], Emma Wilhelmena Dorothea Wolff [b. 12/08/1899, d. 1978], Louise Frieda Anna Wolff [b. 06/07/1902, d. 09/19/1927], Herman Johanne Wilhelm Wolff [b. 02/04/1904, d. 1977], Carl Joachim Martin Wolff [b. 12/14/1907, d. 1969], Hannah C F Wolff [b. 04/29/1909, d. 1995], John E A Wolff [b. 1911], Edna T A Wolff [b. 07/18/1913] and Arthur Berthold William Wolff [b. 05/13/1916, d. 02/02/1918] who died at the age of 1 when their house burned down. – 5 – Elmer Shoemaker [b. 08/25/1895, d. 09/08/1983] and Lena Louise Henrietta Wolff [b. 11/06/1897, d. 01/05/1978] got married on September 29, 1917 and lived in Kingston, New York. They had five children; Charles Herman Shoemaker [b. 07/09/1918, d. 07/11/2005], Burton Elmer Shoemaker [b. 03/30/1920, d. 10/03/2005], Hilda Marion Shoemaker [b. 02/12/1922, d. 12/11/2009], Vesta Dorothy Shoemaker [b. 01/19/1926] and Florence Louise Shoemaker [b. 03/12/1934, d. 11/18/2015] our mother. Uncle Charles married Beatrice and they had 2 children together (Charles and Winifred). He then married Nettie and adopted 2 children (Lawrence and Janet). Uncle Burton married June. After June passed away, he then married Cecilia and had 1 daughter, Carlyn. After divorcing Cecilia he married Gerri. Aunt Hilda married Harry Valk and had 15 children (Harry, Florence “Snookie”, David, Joseph, Jean, Dianne, Dennis, Thomas, Stephen, Rose, Joy, Michael, Mary, Mark and Linda). Aunt Vesta married Jack Thompson and had 4 children (John Joseph “JJ”, Robert “Bobby”, Vesta and Kenneth). ~ and the history continues ~ ReplyIn the resent past o found aout that my biological father father’s mother what Cherokee. When I was 3 i was adopted by a Dad so my name has changed, I that an issue. I know my birth grandfathers name but that’s about it . I really like to learn more about my ancestry but don’t know where to turn. I have also had people tell me I need a card and I am not sure how to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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