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'''Museum of the Western Prairie Library''' <br>1100 Memorial Drive<br>Altus, OK 73521<br>Telephone: 580-482-1044<br>Internet: [http://www.okhistory.org/sites/westernprairie http://www.okhistory.org/sites/westernprairie]<br><br>Records of Oklahoma settlers, obituaries, periodicals, books, histories, biographies, including many from Texas and New Mexico.<ref name="DB91" />  
'''Museum of the Western Prairie Library''' <br>1100 Memorial Drive<br>Altus, OK 73521<br>Telephone: 580-482-1044<br>Internet: [http://www.okhistory.org/sites/westernprairie http://www.okhistory.org/sites/westernprairie]<br><br>Records of Oklahoma settlers, obituaries, periodicals, books, histories, biographies, including many from Texas and New Mexico.<ref name="DB91" />  


'''Miami Public Library'''<br>200 N Main St. <br>Miami, OK 74354<br>Telephone: 918-541-2292<br>Internet: [http://www.miamipl.okpls.org/genealogy.shtml http://www.miamipl.okpls.org/genealogy.shtml] <br><br>A good book library with an emphasis on the Ozark region of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, including Native Americans.<ref name="DB91" />  
'''Miami Public Library'''<br>200 N Main St. <br>Miami, OK 74354<br>Telephone: 918-541-2292<br>Internet: [http://www.miamipl.okpls.org/genealogy.shtml http://www.miamipl.okpls.org/genealogy.shtml] <br><br>A good book-library with an emphasis on the Ozark region of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, including Native Americans.<ref name="DB91" />  


'''Oklahoma Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 12986<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73157<br>Internet: [http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs www.rootsweb.com/~okgs]  
'''Oklahoma Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 12986<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73157<br>Internet: [http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs www.rootsweb.com/~okgs]  
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*Koplowitz, Bradford. ''Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997. {{FHL|528530|title-id|disp=(Family History Library book 976.6 A3kb 1997}}.)&nbsp; It contains a survey of records kept in counties and cities through 1920.
*Koplowitz, Bradford. ''Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997. {{FHL|528530|title-id|disp=(Family History Library book 976.6 A3kb 1997}}.)&nbsp; It contains a survey of records kept in counties and cities through 1920.


To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oklahoma counties, use the eleven inventories of county archives published by the I Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has inventories for: Atoka, Beckham, Cherokee, Cimarron, Haskell, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha counties.  
To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oklahoma counties, use the eleven inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has inventories for: Atoka, Beckham, Cherokee, Cimarron, Haskell, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha counties.  


=== Oklahoma Collections Outside of Oklahoma  ===
=== Oklahoma Collections Outside of Oklahoma  ===
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'''Bancroft Library'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br><br>This library in ''California&nbsp;'' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma&nbsp;'' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.<ref name="DB91" />  
'''Bancroft Library'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br><br>This library in ''California&nbsp;'' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma&nbsp;'' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.<ref name="DB91" />  


'''Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research'''  
'''[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]]'''<br>5300 Caroline<br>Houston, TX 77004<br>Telephone: 713-284-1999<br>Internet: http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/ <br><br>Excellent genealogical collection for Texas and adjoining states like Oklahoma.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref>


'''Dallas Public Central Library'''  
'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>Internet: http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php <br><br>Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, inluding Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107" />


'''Family History Library Catalog'''  
'''Family History Library Catalog'''  
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