Genealogy Tip Tuesday: Eastern Cherokee Applications & the Guion Miller Rolls

Our tip today is focusing on using Native American collections to both prove your tribe affiliation and to expand your family tree! Join me as I take you through the history of the Eastern Cherokee Applications, why they were collected, what they include, and where to find them.
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[@aychtuoanderson4144]

Thank you, My father's line goes back the Anderson, Cole ancestors. John Charles Cole and Cuzzie Anderson were my grandfather's grandparents. I just happened on your channel, nice surprise ! So truly I thank you.

[@TheGenealogyReporter]

Wow! How neat! Who was your grandfather? My fourth great grandfather, John Cole born 1799, is said to be their son. He first married/cohabitated with Peggy Mallet and had several children. Then, he married my fourth great grandmother, Eliza Bowman. They too had several children, one of which is Jacob Cole, my third great grandfather.

[@aychtuoanderson4144]

@@TheGenealogyReporter And they say "it's a small world," more proof. My grandfather was Carl B. Anderson born 1883, his grandfather was Ezekiel, son of John Charles Cole and Cuzzie Anderson.

[@shann5331]

i’ve linked my great grandmother who claimed to be cherokee later in life (her 1940 census just says white but i know a lot of cherokees didn’t claim to be back then) to her maiden name (she died before i had a chance to really explore my heritage) but she married a man last name Needham... now Needham goes back to the 1600’s and that man was a European settler. so i’m convinced Haun (cherokee meaning bear cub?) is where my cherokee comes from. but i can’t find anything else. my great grandmother was Minnie Beatrice Haun before marriage. married to Lee Corbit Booker. now i traced the Booker side all the was back to Captain Booker who came from Europe... so i know i’m European which makes sense. But my great grandmothers side just drops off after i find her mother who was Leona E Inklebarger, and her mother being Emeline Shelton and father being Stephen Rice Inklebarger. So this gets confusing because i don’t know where to look for the connection to cherokee... is it the Sheltons? The Inklebarger’s? i can’t find anything substantial. Help?

[@greggates9568]

Thank you Amie

[@greggates9568]

I found my great grandma and her mother on the Guion Miller Rolls

[@ahem....bullsheet3720]

I've recently found my great great grandfathers name in the guion Miller roll and he lived in new echota Georgia at some point but I was curious about what the letters gdn means by the name?

[@stanhutchins4365]

I have a question? if I were to give my DNA to discover my ancestors. Will my DNA be shared with the federal government.

[@user-ec2iv9pf9b]

I have 2 great great grandmothers who were full blood Cherokee on my father and mothrrs side. I married a man who was tribal member and had a card with the Cherokee tribe and he worked at the BIA. I read that I could apply for membsrship since ww were married. Is that true. Rebecca Drywater

[@thatwiseoldbitchchannel]

Can you do a a video on the Baker Rolls?

[@TheGenealogyReporter]

I have one! You can see it here: czcams.com/video/F7YVyTxVVzw/video.html Thanks for watching!

[@thatwiseoldbitchchannel]

@@TheGenealogyReporter Thank you!

[@samuelm.hodnettii.2768]

Are EBCI?

[@samuelm.hodnettii.2768]

Treatys really what happened did they move west by purpose or did the decide on thier own to leave your kind alone

[@yoyoschmo1]

You said ancestors on rolls with forger removal from territory. What is that roll?