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The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to Oklahoma genealogical researchers. | The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to Oklahoma genealogical researchers. | ||
=== State and Regional Collections === | |||
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'''Oklahoma Historical Society'''<br>800 Nazih Zudhi Drive<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105<br>Telephone: 405-522-5225<br>Fax: 405-521-2492<br>Internet: [http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us www.okhistory].org/research | '''Oklahoma Historical Society'''<br>800 Nazih Zudhi Drive<br>Oklahoma City, OK 73105<br>Telephone: 405-522-5225<br>Fax: 405-521-2492<br>Internet: [http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us www.okhistory].org/research | ||
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'''Lawton Public Library'''<br>110 S.W. 4th Street <br>Lawton, OK 73105-3298 <br>Telephone: 405-581-3450<br>Internet: [http://www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/library/genealogy.htm http://www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/library/genealogy.htm]<br><br> 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 name="DB91" /> | '''Lawton Public Library'''<br>110 S.W. 4th Street <br>Lawton, OK 73105-3298 <br>Telephone: 405-581-3450<br>Internet: [http://www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/library/genealogy.htm http://www.cityof.lawton.ok.us/library/genealogy.htm]<br><br> 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 name="DB91" /> | ||
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<br><br>[[Image:OU Great Reading Room.jpg|right|300px|OU Great Reading Room.jpg]] '''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/locations/?id=22<br><br>The following lists manuscripts in their collection:<br><br> | |||
*Southwell, Kristine L., comp. ''Guide to Manuscripts in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. {{FHL|1062430|title-id|disp=(Family History Library book 976.6 J53s.}}) | *Southwell, Kristine L., comp. ''Guide to Manuscripts in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. {{FHL|1062430|title-id|disp=(Family History Library book 976.6 J53s.}}) | ||
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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. {{FHL|528530|title-id|disp=(Family History 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. {{FHL|528530|title-id|disp=(Family History 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 I 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. | |||
=== Good Oklahoma Collections Outside of Oklahoma === | |||
'''National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)''' | |||
[[Image:NARA Fort Worth.jpg|border|right|300px|NARA Fort Worth.jpg]] 501 West Felix Street, Building 1 <br>Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405<br>Telephone: 817-831-5620<br>Fax: 817-551-2034<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southwest<br><br>Subject specialties include censuses, westward expansion into the Southwest and settlement of Native Americans (especially Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles), slavery, bankruptcy court, ethnology, genealogy, military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications, passenger lists and Dawes census cards and enrollment jackets for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 130-31. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> {{See|National Archives Southwest Region (Ft. Worth)}}<br> | |||
'''Bancroft Library'''<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br>Telephone: 415-642-3781<br><br>This library in ''California '' has a good collection of documents about ''Oklahoma '' early settlers, early trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories.<ref name="DB91" /> | |||
'''Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research''' | |||
'''Dallas Public Central Library''' | |||
'''Family History Library Catalog''' | '''Family History Library Catalog''' | ||