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<br> [[Image:Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve in Osage County.jpg|thumb|right|Bison in Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve]]<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>


== Family History Resources  ==
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=== Oklahoma Territory Homestead Records 1889-1908  ===
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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 when contacting the state archives: legal description—section, township and range—or county location).  
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Oklahoma_State_Archives_and_Records_Admninistration


=== Surveyors’ Land Records  ===
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Vermont_State_Archives_and_Records_Admninistration


These include surveyors’ field notes and plats, and aerial photographs. For more information see Land Records Service by clicking [http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/land-records/index.htm here].
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Vermont


=== Confederate Pension Applications, 1915-33  ===
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Addison_County,_Vermont


Click [http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/docs/pension.pdf here] to see the index of Oklahoma Confederate pension records. 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.
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Court_of_the_Prior_and_Chapter_of_Christ_Church,_Canterbury<br><br>
 
=== 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. For further information, contact the State Archives.
 
=== State Archives Does NOT Have These Records:  ===
 
Click the titles to learn how to find those records.
 
*[[Oklahoma Vital Records|Birth, marriage and death records]]
*[[Oklahoma Census|Census records]]
*[[Oklahoma Military Records|Most military records]]
 
=== Contact Information  ===
 
State Archives and Records Management Division<br><br> Third Floor Allen Wright Memorial Library Building <br>200 NE 18 Street<br> Oklahoma City, OK 73105 <br>(405) 522-3579 <br>http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/
 
[[Category:Oklahoma_Archives_and_Libraries]]

Revision as of 01:10, 26 June 2011