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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]].  
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]].  


=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Oklahoma ===
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Oklahoma ===
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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>
: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>


:For further information, ''see&nbsp;'' [[National Archives at Fort Worth]].<br><br>
:For further information, ''see '' [[National Archives at Fort Worth]].<br><br>


'''[[Bancroft Library|Bancroft Library]]'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br>  
'''[[Bancroft Library|Bancroft Library]]'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br>  


:This library in ''California&nbsp;'' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma&nbsp;'' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.</ref><br><br>
:This library in ''California '' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma '' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.</ref><br><br>


'''[[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>  
'''[[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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A useful guide to Oklahoma records is:  
A useful guide to Oklahoma records is:  


*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}}.)&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. {{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.


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.  
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.