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Howka sisters and brothers, I was just sent a article just published by the National Archives of Riverside.. there is a geat 1940 picture of Lizzie Blacktooth at Pala.. So if there are any Pala people out there check it out.
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The Reel News, Second Editionby National Archives at Riverside on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 8:25am

In this edition of the Reel News we announce two new publications to our microfilm room:

A3455 Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, Texas, April 1924-September 1954 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service and
M1841 Revised Roll of California Indians Approved June 30, 1955 from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


Manifest for Josefina Viramontes, 1925


Manifest for Josefina Viramontes, 1925

Publication A3455 Manifests of Permanent and Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, Texas, April 1924-September 1954 builds on other microfilm publications we hold of records from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. El Paso, literallyTHE PASS, was and still is a very busy port of entry along the US/Mexican border. Though the title sounds like the records may contain “statistics,” the records actually show information about people who crossed the U.S./Mexico border at El Paso, Texas between 1924 and 1954. You’ll find various forms in the files including Manifest or Report of Inspection (INS Form 548 or I-448), Application for Resident Alien’s Border Crossing Identification Card (Form I-189) and Record of Registry (Form 6567).

For family historians, you may find valuable genealogical information including names of family members, the date and place of birth, reasons for entering the United States and ultimate destination, occupation and previous citizenship and place of residence. Some of the records also include photographs. If your family member crossed the border at El Paso, you’ll want to take a look at this microfilm out especially since it has not been digitized yet by our partners at Ancestry.com.



Photo of Lizzie Blacktooth in front of her home at Pala c. 1940

Many Native American researchers already know about our “1928 Census Rolls” microfilm (M1853 Indians of California Census Rolls, Authorized Under the Act of May 18, 1928, as Amended, Approved May 16-17, 1933) and the microfilm of the applications that accompanies it (NRHS I-32 1928 California Indian Enrollment Applications). Our Native American researchers will be thrilled to learn that we now have a copy of M1841 Revised Roll of California Indians Approved June 30, 1955. Just what are these “rolls” all about? It all goes back to treaties that were negotiated with California Native Americans in the 1850s that were never ratified. At three different times, roughly 1928, 1948 and 1968, law suits were brought about in the U.S. Court of Claims on behalf of Native Americans living in California for benefits they would have received under the treaties. To share as beneficiaries in the final settlements, Native Americans living in California had to go through an enrollment process through the Bureau of Indian Affairs to verify Native American ancestry. M1841 contains an alphabetical listing of all eligible enrolled California Native Americans as of 1955. You can learn more about the enrollment process by going through other records we have from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


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