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<br> | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oklahoma]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Oklahoma State Archives and Records Administration''<br> | ||
<br> The primary holdings of the Oklahoma State Archives are governmental: state agency records, official papers of the governors, the records of the Oklahoma state constitutional convention (including biographical material), and Supreme Court records – both territorial and current as well as criminal appeals.<br> | |||
<br> | == <br> Family History Resources <br> == | ||
=== Oklahoma Territory Homestead records 1889-1908 <br> === | |||
The U.S. District Land Office Homestead Registers, 1889-1908, include a legal description of tract sold, number of acres, fees paid, name of purchaser, date of purchase, residence, receipt numbers, and patent number (final certificate) and date of issue. (Information needed: legal description—section, township and range—or county location). | |||
=== <br> Surveyors’ Land Records <br> === | |||
These include surveyors’ field notes and plats, and aerial photographs. For more information see Land Records Service. | |||
=== Confederate Pensions Applications, 1915-33 === | |||
From the index, find the name of the pension recipient. If your name of interest appears in the index, contact the State Archives for further information. | |||
=== Voting and Election Records === | |||
The State Election Board records include election returns, minutes, correspondence, candidate filings, poll books, legislative and congressional district maps, expense affidavits, and contested election files. | |||
=== <br> State Archives Does NOT Have These Records: === | |||
Birth and death records Marriage records Census records. Most military records contact the National Archives and Records Administration (Military Personnel Records), 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132-5100. Telephone (314) 538-4247. | |||
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