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Oklahoma Area Key to Genealogical Records
Introduction
One of the necessary tasks for all family history researcher is to learn about the
history and the records for the States and Counties where their ancestors lived.
My mother called this developing an "Area Key". In other words you need to know
the territory. This page represents what I have located for an Area Key for Oklahoma
so far.
Area Keys
need to contain a little history, how the area began to be settled and
organized, beginning dates of counties and parent
counties, maps, a list of towns,
information about the state records including when various types of records such
as vital records began to be kept, a list of repositories
such as archives, libraries, and internet sources that contain records,
publications and databases for the state and how we can gain access to them, and
other statewide collections such as for church organizations and lineage
societies.
If you have ancestors in Oklahoma, you would be wise to
make this make this Area Key one of your favorites so you can come back often. I
hope you will find these pages helpful in locating your ancestors.
Sincerely, Donna K. Clark
Oklahoma Statewide Genealogy
Publications
Oklahoma became a territory in 1890 and a state in 1907.
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Oklahoma
Archives
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The
Oklahoma State
Archives and Records Management
preserves records for the state agencies of Oklahoma. One of the
collections of interest to genealogists is the
Land
Records Surveyor's Field Notes of which there are 235 volumes.
Available free on the site are many digital
collections. The search engine to these adobe acrobat files is on the
Oklahoma Crossroads
page. The files are very large and will take a long time to download. If there
is a collection you need to look at again, it would be advisable to save
it to your computer and place it on a CD or DVD to avoid the long download
time again.
The hours are on the
General Policies for Use of the Archives page. The link to the
Duplication Fee Schedule is located on that page. Interlibrary loans are
available to qualified interlibrary loan libraries. |
Oklahoma
Biographies
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The Oklahoma spirit of '17: biographical volume
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Oklahoma
Cemeteries
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1800s-2000s
Oklahoma
Tombstone Transcription Project - free online by RootsWeb
This group of volunteers are working hard to transcribe the
tombstones for Oklahoma. It a a tremendous undertaking and certainly will be
appreciated by us family historians. In scanning the page with the
list of counties, it looks like they have something for every county in
Oklahoma. |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
1890 U. S. Veteran Census
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1921
Oklahoma Osage Tribe Roll, 1921
- online |
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1930 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
Oklahoma
Guide
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pub. 1997
Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma (Revised Edition) - book
by Heritage Books |
Oklahoma
Land
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1864-1918
U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918
- online at Ancestry.com |
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OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Genealogy
Society On-Line Records - free online by the Oklahoma Genealogy Society
This wonderful site provides links to free transcribed
genealogy records including probate, bible, cemeteries, census, churches,
directories, family histories, funeral, history, indexes, letters,
marriages, military, newspaper abstracts, obituaries, law enforcement, tax,
guides, and vital records. It is well worth the time to explore. |
WORLD-WIDE
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
U.S. statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Oklahoma. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
WORLD-WIDE
Oklahoma State Database
- online at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com began gathering, indexing, and placing
genealogical records on the internet in the 1990's. Their collection not
includes thousands of genealogical records and publications. Compared to
how much they have and what you pay, the cost is reasonable. It is a great
pleasure to find your ancestors in their databases. And now with their
Free Family Tree that you
can establish on their site, their search engine can and will Search Billions of Names at Ancestry.com.
All you have to do is enter a few names and a few dates and your on your
way to discovering your ancestors. It is so easy, it is just plain fun. |
Oklahoma
Maps
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1895
1895 US Atlas (Oklahoma State Map) - free online |
2000
Oklahoma State Map Collection - free online at geology.com
This page shows county outlines, elevations, rivers
with names, a political map showing 15 county names, and a road map with
the numbers of major highways. |
Oklahoma
Military
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1861-1865
Index to
Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records - free online at Oklahoma
State Archives
This index contains the soldier's name, spouses name, death date,
pension number, application number and microfilm reel number. There are
164 adobe acrobat pages to the index with almost 5 megabytes, therefore it
takes a few minutes to download. If the name is in the index further
information is available at the State Archives (405-522-3579). |
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1917-1918
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Can search by given name, even middle name)
- online at Ancestry.com |
Oklahoma
Vital
Records
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various dates
Oklahoma Marriages
by USGenWeb - free online at OKGenWeb |
1937-present
United States Social Security Death Index
- free online at RootsWeb |
Towns and Cities in
Oklahoma
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A B C
D E F G H
I J K L M N
O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
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Atoka, Atoka, Oklahoma, USA
B
Bethany, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Boggy Depot, Atoka, Oklahoma, USA
C
Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, USA
G
Goltry, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, USA
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Orine, Love, Oklahoma, USA
R
Rush Springs, Grady, Oklahoma, USA
W
Westville, Adair, Oklahoma, USA
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