Oklahoma Historical Society
Research Center

Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 4:45 pm.

American Indian Ancestry

• Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Tribes
  
• 1896 Applications for Enrollment
  
• Hastain's Township Plats of the Creek Nation
  
• Moore's Seminole Roll and Land Guide
• Individual Indian Files - Includes Cheyenne and Arapaho, Absentee Shawnee, Citizen Potawatomi, Iowa, Mexican Kickapoo, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Kaw tribes.

General Genealogy

• The Gateway to Oklahoma History - photos and newspapers
  
• Marriages, 1903–1907, 1841–1927
  
• The Oklahoman obituary index, 1972–2014
  
• 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census
  
• Smith's First Directory for Oklahoma Territory, 1890
  
• Oklahoma military deaths
  
• Oklahoma state penitentiary records, 1930s
  
• Unemployment Relief Census, 1933
  
• Daughters of Union Veterans applications
  
• United Daughters of the Confederacy applications
  
• Territorial Incorporation Records, 1890–1907
  

Oklahoma County

• Probates, 1890–1928
  
• Divorces, 1923–1944
  
• Oklahoma City death register, 1908–1926
  
• Deaths from OKC city directories, 1918, 1920–1923
  
• Oklahoma County land database and map, 1889

Research Guides

• African American Resource Guide
  
• Finding Your American Indian Ancestors
  
• Finding Your Civil War Ancestors
  
• Researching the History of Your House
  
• Marriage Records
  
• Land Records

OHS Holdings

Visit the Research Center to view these materials.

• Research online catalog - photos, manuscript collections, books, oral histories, film, and video.
  
• City directories
  
• Yearbooks
  
• Phone books
  
• Vertical files

Free Online Tools and Activities

• Ancestry.com charts and forms
  
• Archives.gov federal census forms and charts
  
• Family Tree Magazine basic charts and worksheets

For Students and Families

• Family Tree Kids from Family Tree Magazine
• Boy Scouts Genealogy merit badge (PDF)
  
• Girl Scouts My Family Story
• Oklahoma History Center Scout Programs

Oklahoma Historical Society

Thank You

Carolyn Krumanocker, Researcher, OHS
Debra Osborne Spindle, PhD, Librarian, OHS
Michelle Merriman

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Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-521-2491
okhistory.org

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