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| These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Oklahoma. ''See also '' [[Oklahoma Societies]].
| | '''Oklahoma Department of Libraries'''<br>200 N.E. 18th Street<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298<br>Telephone: 405-521-2502, 800-522-8116<br>Fax: 405-525-7804<br>Internet: [http://www.odl.state.ok.us www.odl.state.ok.us] |
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| === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Oklahoma ===
| | The Oklahoma Department of Libraries includes two areas of particular interest to genealogists: the Oklahoma Room and the State Archives Division. The Oklahoma Room houses printed materials, while the State Archives Division maintains Oklahoma government records and other historical documents. |
| [[Oklahoma Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Oklahoma Department of Libraries]]{{·}} [[Oklahoma State Archives and Records Administration]]{{·}} [[Lawton Public Library]]{{·}} [[University of Oklahoma Libraries]]{{·}} [[Hughes County Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Oklahoma Territorial Museum Carnegie Library]]{{·}} [[Tulsa Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Museum of the Western Prairie Library]]{{·}} [[Miami Public Library]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Fort Worth]]{{·}} [[Bancroft Library|Bancroft Library at Univ. of Calif., Berkeley]] {{·}} [[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]]{{·}} [[Dallas Public Central Library]]
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| === Oklahoma Online Records ===
| | '''National Archives—Southwest Region'''<br>501 West Felix Street, Building 1<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405<br>Telephone 817-334-5525<br>Fax 817-334-5621<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southwest/ www.archives.gov/southwest/] |
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| | Mailing address:<br>P.O. Box 6216<br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216 |
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| === State and Regional Repositories ===
| | '''National Archives—Central Plains Region'''<br>2312 East Bannister Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64131-3011<br>Telephone: 816-823-5032<br>Fax: 816-268-6235<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/ www.archives.gov/central-plains/] |
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| '''[[Oklahoma Historical Society|Oklahoma Historical Society]]'''<br>800 Nazih Zudhi Drive<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105<br>Telephone: 405-522-5225<br>Fax: 405-521-2492<br>[http://www.okhistory.org/research/ Website]<br> | | '''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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| | '''Oklahoma Historical Society'''<br>2100 North Lincoln Boulevard<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4997<br>Telephone: 405-521-2491<br>Fax: 405-521-2492<br>Internet: [http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us www.ok-history.mus.ok.us] |
| *Territorial Records<br>
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| *Index to the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census Search<br>
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| *Dawes Final Rolls Search<br>
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| *1896 Applications for Enrollment Search<br>
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| *Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory Learn More<br>
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| *Territorial Incorporation Records 1890–1907 Search<br>
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| *Land Records<br>
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| *Marriage Records<br>
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| *Military Records<br>
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| *Prison Records<br>
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| *Cemetery Records<br>
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| | A guide to family histories at the society is: |
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| '''[[Oklahoma Department of Libraries]]'''<br>200 N.E. 18th Street<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298<br>Telephone: 405-521-2502, 800-522-8116<br>Fax: 405-525-7804<br>[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ Website] | | Huffman, Mary, comp. Family History: ''A Bibliography of the Collection in the Oklahoma Historical Society''. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: The Society, 1992. (Family History Library book 976.6 A3hm.) |
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| :The Oklahoma Department of Libraries includes two areas of particular interest to genealogists: the Oklahoma Room and the State Archives Division. The Oklahoma Room houses a huge book library with county histories, periodicals, indexes, and reference works.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 91.</ref> The State Archives Division maintains Oklahoma government records and other historical documents.<br><br>
| | '''University of Oklahoma'''<br>Western History Collection<br>630 Parrington Oval, Room 452<br>Norman, OK 73019<br>Telephone: 405-325-3641<br>Fax: 405-325-2943<br>Internet: http://libraries.ou.edu |
| :[http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/cdm/ Oklahoma Digital Prairie], your electronic library <br><br> | |
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| '''[[Lawton Public Library]]'''<br>110 S.W. 4th Street <br>Lawton, OK 73105-3298 <br>Telephone: 405-581-3450<br>[https://www.lawtonok.gov/departments/library Website]<br>
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| :The largest book collection of Oklahoma genealogies together with periodicals, maps, biographies, family folders, and a statewide index to all Oklahoma Territory tract books (public land buyers).</ref><br><br>
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| '''[[University of Oklahoma Libraries]]'''<br>[[Image:OU Great Reading Room.jpg|right|300px|OU Great Reading Room.jpg]]Western History Collection<br>630 Parrington Oval, Room 452<br>Norman, OK 73019<br>Telephone: 405-325-3641<br>Fax: 405-325-2943<br>
| | Southwell, Kristine L., comp. Guide to Manuscripts in the Western History<br>Collections of the University of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. (Family History Library book 976.6 J53s.) |
| [https://digital.libraries.ou.edu/ Website]<br>
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| :Key collections here include Civil War soldiers’ personal narratives, trascribed interviews with Oklahomans from the 1930s and more than 200 manuscript collections about Native Americans. <br>
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| :An important part of the Western History Collection is titled The Indian-Pioneer Papers which is a collection of interviews done during the Depression. Biographical information is given for Indians as well as persons of all ethnic groups. Those interviewed may have been residents of either the Oklahoma Territory or the Indian Territory. There are about 80,000 entries in 112 volumes in the collection with free online access to both an index and the digitized transcripts of the interviews. Read the biographies and other topics found in the [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/ Website].<br><br>
| | An important part of the Western History Collection is titled The Indian-Pioneer Papers which is a collection of interviews done during the Depression. Biographical information is given for Indians as well as persons of all ethnic groups. Those interviewed may have been residents of either the Oklahoma Territory or the Indian Territory. There are about 80,000 entries in 112 volumes in the collection with free online access to both an index and the digitized transcripts of the interviews. Read the biographies and other topics found in the [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/WHC/pioneer/ Indian-Pioneer Papers].<br> |
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| :Their collection also includes original historical manuscripts, county records, Spanish, Indian, military, Civil War, newspapers, cattle trails, ranching, mining, and oil production records.</ref><br><br>
| | '''Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art<br>'''1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road<br>Tulsa, OK 74127-2100<br>Telephone: 918-596-2700<br>Fax: 918-596-2700<br>Internet: [http://www.gilcrease.org www.gilcrease.org] |
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| '''[[Hughes County Historical Society]]'''<br>124 North Broadway<br>Holdenville, OK 74848<br>Telephone: 405-379-5124<br>
| | '''Museum of the Great Plains'''<br>601 Ferris<br>Lawton, OK 73507<br>Telephone: 580-581-3460<br>Fax: 580-581-3458<br>Internet: [http://www.museumgreatplains.org www.museumgreatplains.org] |
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| :This collection, originally in the Grace M. Pickens Public Library, holds unique Native American papers relating to the Five Civilized Tribes (and Delawares) removed to Indian Territory. Includes a surprisingly good genealogical research collection.</ref><br><br>
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| '''Oklahoma Territorial Museum Carnegie Library'''<br>406 East Oklahoma Ave. <br>Guthrie, OK 73044 <br>Telephone: 405-282-1889 <br> [http://www.okterritorialmuseum.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:guthriecomplex@okhistory.org/ Email]
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| :The Oklahoma Territorial period is well covered including Native Americans, Anglos, intruders, Sooners, homesteaders, and land rush people.</ref><br><br>
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| '''[[Tulsa Genealogical Society Library]]'''<br>9136 East 31st Street<br>Tulsa, OK 74145<br>Telephone: 918-627-4224<br>[http://www.tulsagenealogy.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:info@tulsagenealogy.org/ Email] (link sends e-mail)
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| :A large library for Oklahoma ancestors including Bibles, cemeteries, obituaries, family folders, city directories, plat maps, and indexes.</ref><br><br>
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| '''Museum of the Western Prairie Library''' <br>1100 Memorial Drive<br>Altus, OK 73521<br>Telephone: 580-482-1044<br>[http://www.okhistory.org/ Website]<br>
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| :Records of Oklahoma settlers, obituaries, periodicals, books, histories, biographies, including many from Texas and New Mexico.</ref><br><br>
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| '''Miami Public Library'''<br>200 N Main St. <br>Miami, OK 74354<br>Telephone: 918-541-2292<br>[http://www.miamipl.okpls.org/ Website]<br>
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| :A good book-library with an emphasis on the Ozark region of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, including Native Americans.</ref><br><br>
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| '''Talbot Library and Museum'''<br>500 South Colcord Avenue<br>Colcord, Oklahoma 74338<br>Telephone: 918-326-4532<br>[http://www.talbotlibrary.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:talbotlibrary@earthlink.net/ Email]<br>
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| :The Talbot Library and Museum (TL{{Amp}}M) is one of the best genealogical libraries in the United States. Their library focuses on Northeast Oklahoma, Northwest Arkansas, and Cherokee genealogy research.<ref>"Genealogy Research Requests" in [http://www.talbotlibrary.org/ Website].</ref><br><br>
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| '''Tulsa City-County Library Genealogy Center'''<br>Hardesty Regional Library<br>8316 E. 93rd St.<br>Tulsa, OK 74133<br>Telephone: 918.549.7691<br>[http://www.tulsalibrary.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:genaskus@tulsalibrary.org/ Email]<br>
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| :The Genealogy Center of the Tulsa City-County Library is one of the largest genealogy collections in Oklahoma. Their focus is on Tulsa and Oklahoma, but they also have strengths in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. A limited amount of research, including Indian roll look-ups, can be conducted by email and letters. See their [https://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/american-indian-resource-center American Indian Research] guide.<br><br>
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| '''Oklahoma Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 12986<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73157<br>[https://okgensoc.org/ Website]<br>
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| '''Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art<br>'''1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road<br>Tulsa, OK 74127-2100<br>Telephone: 918-596-2700<br>Fax: 918-596-2700<br>[http://www.gilcrease.org/ Website]
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| '''Museum of the Great Plains'''<br>601 Ferris<br>Lawton, OK 73507<br>Telephone: 580-581-3460<br>Fax: 580-581-3458<br> [http://www.museumgreatplains.org/ Website] | |
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| [[Image:NARA Fort Worth.jpg|border|right|300px|NARA Fort Worth.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Fort Worth]]'''<br><br>
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| ::'''''for Archival research using textual records by appointment:'''''<br>1400 John Burgess Drive<br>Fort Worth, Texas 76140<br>Telephone: 817-551-2051<br>Fax: 817-551-2034<br><br>
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| ::'''''for Microfilm research and public access computers:'''''<br>2600 West 7th Street<br>Suite 162<br>Fort Worth, TX, 76107<br>Telephone: 817-831-5620<br>Fax: 817-334-5621<br><br>
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| :Website for both Websites<br>[http://www.archives.gov/ Website]
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| :Subject specialties include censuses, westward expansion into the Southwest and settlement of [[American Indian Genealogy|Native Americans]] (especially [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokees]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaws]], [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaws]], [[Creek Indians|Creeks]], and [[Seminole Indians|Seminoles]]), slavery, bankruptcy court, ethnology, genealogy, military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications, passenger lists and [[Dawes Commission Enrollment Records for Five U.S. Indian Tribes|Dawes census cards and enrollment jackets for the Five Civilized Tribes]] of Oklahoma.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 130-31.</ref>
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| :For further information, ''see '' [[National Archives at Fort Worth]].<br><br>
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| '''[[Bancroft Library|Bancroft Library]]'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br>
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| :This library in ''California '' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma '' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.</ref><br><br>
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| '''[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research]]'''<br>5300 Caroline<br>Houston, TX 77004<br>Telephone: 713-284-1999<br>[http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/ Website]<br>
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| :One of America's best genealogical collections. Especially strong for Texas and adjoining states like Oklahoma.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br><br>
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| '''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>[http://dallaslibrary2.org/ Website]<br>
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| :Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107" /><br><br>
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| '''FamilySearch Centers'''. Some of the collections described above are at least partially available on microfilms at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] in Salt Lake City, and through thousands of its branch FamilySearch Centers.<br>
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| To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oklahoma counties, use the inventories of the county archives published around 1940 by the Historical Records Survey. The FamilySearch Library has copies of most of these. These inventories can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search under:
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| :'''OKLAHOMA, [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS''' <br>
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| You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Oklahoma in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. Much of the information is available at little or no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways to additional sites:<br>
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| *FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service. [Salt Lake City, Utah]: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 22 March 1999 [cited 7 October 1999]. Available at FamilySearch . At this site you can access the FamilySearch Catalog, Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, Source Guide, lists of FamilySearch Centers, web sites related to family history, and lists of researchers interested in similar genealogical topics. You can also learn about and locate FamilySearch Library publications.
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| *Howells, Cyndi. "U.S.- Oklahoma-OK." ''In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet.'' Puyallup, Washington: Cyndi Howells, 6 October 1999 [cited 7 October 1999]. Available at [http://www.cyndislist.com/il.htm Cyndislist.com]. This list has more links to other Oklahoma genealogical sites and describes more resources than any other site on the Internet.
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| *[http://okgenweb.net/ Oklahoma USGenWeb] ''In The USGenWeb Project [Internet site].'' This is a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet, for each county, state, and country.
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| Most FamilySearch Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. Many centers have access to online services, networks, or bulletin boards. You may also use these services at most public libraries, college libraries, and private locations.
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| A useful guide to Oklahoma records is: | | A useful guide to Oklahoma records is: |
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| *Koplowitz, Bradford. ''Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997. {{FSC|528530|title-id|disp=(FS Library book 976.6 A3kb 1997}}.) 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. (Family History Library book 976.6 A3kb 1997.) It contains a survey of records kept in counties and cities through 1920. |
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| 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 FamilySearch Library has inventories for: Atoka, Beckham, Cherokee, Cimarron, Haskell, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha counties.
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| === References ===
| | To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oklahoma counties, use the eleven inventories of county archives published by the |
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| | 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. |
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