Haskell County, Oklahoma Genealogy

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Haskell County, Oklahoma genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.




Haskell County, Oklahoma
Map
Map of Oklahoma highlighting Haskell County
Location in the state of Oklahoma
Map of the U.S. highlighting Oklahoma
Location of Oklahoma in the U.S.
Facts
Founded July 16, 1907
County Seat Stigler
Courthouse
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Address Haskell County Courthouse
202 E. Main Street
Stigler, Oklahoma 74462-2439
Phone: 918.967.2884


County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Haskell County Courthouse
202 E Main Street
Stigler, OK 74462-2439
Phone: 918.967.2884 

Clerk Court has marriage, divorce records, probate and court records from 1907;
County Clerk has land records[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1907--Haskell County was created 16 July 1907 from Choctaw Lands.
County seat: Stigler [2]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

  • Beaver Mountain
  • Cartersville
  • Cass
  • Chant City
  • Enterprise
  • Garland
  • Hoyt
  • Hughart
  • Iron Bridge
  • Kanima
  • Keota
  • Kinta
  • LaFayette
  • Lequire
  • Lewisville
  • McCurtain
  • Panther
  • Red Hill
  • Sans Bois
  • Star[1]
  • Stigler[2]
  • Tamaha
  • Whitfield

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Tamaha Cemetery, Tamaha Cemetery (Find-A-Grave), Stigler Cemetery

Census[edit | edit source]

Church[edit | edit source]

Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Oklahoma denominations, view the Oklahoma Church Records Wiki page.

Court[edit | edit source]

Land[edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Oklahoma Land and Property for additional information about early Oklahoma land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Probate[edit | edit source]

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Oklahoma tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the records.

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Haskell County, Oklahoma. Page 559 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).