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| | By 1900, 10 daily papers, 80 weekly papers, and 12 monthly newspapers were being published in the Oklahoma Territory. Several more were published in the Indian Territory. The Oklahoma Historical Society has a large collection of newspapers. They are indexing obituaries, marriage notices, and many other items on their Internet site, [http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us www.ok-history.mus.ok.us] . For a guide to their holdings, consult: |
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| == Online Resources ==
| | John Stewart and Kenny Franks, ''State Records, Manuscripts, and Newspapers at the Oklahoma State Archives and Oklahoma Historical Society.'' Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: State Department of Libraries and Oklahoma Historical Society, 1975. (not at FHL.) |
| *''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
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| *'''1800s-Current''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50067 Oklahoma, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
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| *'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
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| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-12014/names-stories-in-newspapers-from-oldnewscom-missouri-kansas-oklahoma-arkansas?s=275764761 Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky)] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
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| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10642/oklahoma-newspapers-1927-2009 Oklahoma Newspapers, 1927-2009], MyHeritage($)
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| *[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/oklahoma-online-historical-newspapers Oklahoma Online Historical Newspapers]
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| *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Oklahomaðnicity=&language= Chronicling America Oklahoma Digitized Newspapers]
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=39&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Oklahoma Newspapers] ($)
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| *[http://gateway.okhistory.org/ The Gateway to Oklahoma History] Online Newspapers from 1840's to 1920's.
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| *[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=74 Newspaper Archive Oklahoma] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
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| *[http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/explore/USA/Oklahoma/ Oklahoma Newspaper Archives (1851–1923)], Genealogy Bank
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| *[http://ldsgenealogy.com/OK/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Oklahoma Newspapers]
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| [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~okgs/records.htm Rootsweb]
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| == History ==
| | The Family History Library does not have copies of Oklahoma newspapers, but it does have some abstracts of vital statistics published in newspapers. Genealogical and historical periodicals such as ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' (see the[[Oklahoma Periodicals|“Periodicals”]] section of this outline) have published obituaries and lists of newspapers that have been preserved on microfilm. |
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| By 1900, 10 daily papers, 80 weekly papers, and 12 monthly newspapers were being published in the Oklahoma Territory. Several more were published in the Indian Territory.
| | A helpful guide to locating early newspapers is Grace Ray's, ''Early Oklahoma Newspapers: History and Description of Publications from Earliest Beginnings to 1889''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1928. (not at FHL.) |
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| == Resources for Oklahoma Newspapers ==
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| A helpful guide to locating early newspapers is Grace Ray's, ''Early Oklahoma Newspapers: History and Description of Publications from Earliest Beginnings to 1889''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1928. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3583735 Worldcat])
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| === Libraries and Archives ===
| | '''http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/records.htm''' |
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| The Oklahoma Historical Society has over 4,000 newspaper titles on microfilm. See their website at [http://www.okhistory.org/research/collections/newspapers.html Oklahoma Historical Society Newspaper Collection] for more information.
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| === Locating Oklahoma Newspapers ===
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| The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.
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| The Oklahoma Historical Society has a large collection of newspapers. They are indexing obituaries, marriage notices, and many other items on their Internet site, [http://www.okhistory.org/research www.okhistory].org/research. For a guide to their holdings, consult:
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| :John Stewart and Kenny Franks, ''State Records, Manuscripts, and Newspapers at the Oklahoma State Archives and Oklahoma Historical Society.'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2931408 Worldcat])
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| The FamilySearch Library does not have copies of Oklahoma newspapers, but it does have some abstracts of vital statistics published in newspapers. Genealogical and historical periodicals such as ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' see [[Oklahoma Periodicals]] have published obituaries and lists of newspapers that have been preserved on microfilm.
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| === Digital Issues Online ===
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| {{wikipedia|Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives|List of online newspaper archives}}
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| NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=74 Oklahoma newspapers] online. This database is sometimes free at libraries under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
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| [http://loc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=3c6a392554d545bdb1c083348ef56458¢er=-97.5126;39.6376&level=3&loclr=blogsig Chronicling America] has some historical issues for the state of Oklahoma online.
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