Navajo census #s

[2B_RN_2008]

I am not sure that anyone can help me but here is the situation that we find our selves in. My father in law is 100% Navajo but we can not find his fathers census number as he never knew him. We have looked through the roles and have his families information and some of their census #s we have been told by the enrollment office that we have to have his #. Without his census # my father in law cant get his, my husband cant he his and we can not get census numbers for our children.... any suggestions?

[navajoquinoa]

Hi, I found this post from results of my own (google) search regarding Navajo Census numbers. Have you had any luck with your search? Usually you need a mother and father's information (dob, marriage cert & census#) along with the child's birth certificate showing the mother and father's names. But once the bloodline gets below 1/4 they will not enroll any other family members after that. Feel free to contact me if you want any more help.

NQ

[2B_RN_2008]

Hi, there

Obtaining my father in laws censes # has proven itself Unbearably difficult. This is a very long story … of individuals in the early 1940’s changing birth certificates which made locating my father in laws birth father very difficult. It took many years just to locate him. Once he was located it was found that he was deceased. Then the bureau of Indian affairs (records) in fort defiance directed my father in law to another records department on the reservation at ship rock. Here he submitted his original birth certificate, his father’s death certificate and was told that he would need his father’s census #. The remaining families members of my grandfather in law did not have nor did they know where to find this information. Do you have any ideas of how to proceed? We do have my father in laws mothers’ census number but without his birth fathers # we seem to be at a dead end. If you can help me at all, PM (private message) me here.

Ultimately our goal is to register my father in law, all of his children and their grand children as the grand children end the line at 1/4 . We would like for our children to further understand their culture and be catalysts for future education for their families and communities. I even attempted to directly contact the Navajo nation via email to Joe Shirley and his administration to no avail. Any help or suggestions would be great.

Additionally, on a personal note, do you know if there are community outreach programs on the reservation where I ( once I graduate in December) may be able to provide nursing/community/support needs to individuals on the reservation?

All of your skills and knowledge in these matters will be met with eminence gratitude and appreciation

Sincerely,

Katherine Shirley