Kathie M. Donahue, A.G.
has been helping people find their American Indian ancestors for the past fifteen years. This "Help Center" is designed to help beginners and advanced researchers navigate the maze of public and private records necessary for locating native ancestors. All tribes are considered, but the descendants of the disenfranchised Cherokee represent a very large portion of all part-blood people today.
I have posted some very important, basic research information on this site which all can use freely. If your research question is not answered there, please e-mail me.
Books I have researched, written or edited:
THIS FAMILY - A Family History of the New England Morse Family in the West
by Marjorie Morse
research by: Kathie Donahue, AG
09 to 99 - The Story of My Life
by Victor Wulff
edited by: Kathie Donahue, AG
An Irish-Chippewa Family of Wisconsin
commenced by Alice Lobdell Nistler
researched and written by:
Kathie Donahue, AG
(soon available online)
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES
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Research is conducted on a partially pre-paid basis. I guarantee that I will conduct a thorough search on your behalf. I cannot guarantee that I will find proof of Indian blood in your family lines or, if it is found, that you can be enrolled in any Indian tribe.
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Fees for 4 to 19 hours of research, tribal membership applications and queries must be paid in full in advance of any work. Fees for 20 or more hours of research may be paid 1/2 in advance and the remainder plus any pre-arranged expenses BEFORE the final written report.
I accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express through PayPal.
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Other Services Available
Tribal Membership Applications Service
-Prepare and approve (includes preparation of application and data-entry; does not include research or document-retrieval) tribal membership application
-Approval of client-prepared tribal membership application (does not include preparation, data-entry, research or document-retrieval)
Note: It is the responsibility of the client to research and understand enrollment requirements, whatever those may be, according to the tribe he wishes to join. Most tribes have a website and post enrollment
requirements there.
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Please Note - Many searches where relatives are known to have been enrolled in a tribe can be completed in less than 10 hours of research time.
Searches where there are no known enrolled relatives generally take longer than 10 hours.
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