Genealogical Resources
Online Catalog
Our collection includes many other resources including cemetery books, birth, death and marriage indexes, family and county histories and many other items pertaining to genealogical research. Search the catalog to explore our holdings.
Submit a Research Request
The Research Center offers a research services for patrons seeking genealogical and historical information. For complete details and forms visit our orders & fees page.
1940 US Census
The 1940 US Federal Census will be made available to the public on April 2, 2012. Find out more.
Genealogical Resources
- 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census Index
- 1901 El Reno and Lawton land lottery participants (partial listing)
- Biographical & Topical Vertical Files
- City Directories
- Divorce records from Oklahoma County
- Deaths found in OKC City Directories, 1918, 1920-23
- Family Histories
- Indian Pioneer Histories (Available online through the University of Oklahoma)
- Marriage Records - Oklahoma County and Western District, IT
- Newspaper Archives
- Oklahoman Obituary Index
- Oklahoma County Marriage Records
- Oklahoma Military Deaths - WWI, WWII, Vietnam and Korea
- Phone Books
- Probate Records from Oklahoma County, 1890-1928
- School Reports from the Dawes Commission Records
- Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory
- US Census Records
- Yearbooks
American Indian Ancestry
- 1896 Applications for Enrollment
- Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes
- Finding Your American Indian Ancestors (PDF)
Research Guides & Resources
These guides provide an introduction to researching various topics in the OHS Research Center. 
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- Finding Your American Indian Ancestors
- Finding Your Civil War Ancestors
- Vertical Files
- County Histories
- Land Records
- American Indian Land Records
- Oklahoma Land Openings Map
- Researching the History of Your House
- Researching Your Civil War Ancestor
- Marriage Records
1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census
Now you can access the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial census in its entirety as part of 1890 Resources, a newly-released DVD from the OHS Research Center. This easy-to-use disc includes:
- A complete index to the 1890 OT census and more than 1,200 color pages of census scanned from the original documents. Just locate your ancestor in the index and click on the page number to see the original document. View a sample census page.
- Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory for the Year Commencing August 1, 1890, complete with index/namefinding list linked to color scans of the entire directory. View a sample page from Smith's.
- A PDF of Bunky's The First Eight Months of Oklahoma City. Beginning with the land run of 1889, this publication explores area businesses, churches, newspapers, politics and citizens.
This resource is now available for $45 plus $2 shipping & handling. To order use our printable order form or call (405) 522-5225 - please have your credit card ready.
Genealogy Subscription Websites
Available in the Research Center
The Research Center offers free in-library access to Ancestry Library Edition® and HeritageQuest Online™ and Footnote.com. These sites allow patrons visiting the Research Center to search, view and
print various genealogical records, documents and images.
Ancestry Library® offers US Census, ship logs and passenger indexes, WWI draft registration cards, vital records, and the Social Security Death Index.
HeritageQuest™ also includes US Census as well as Revolutionary War pension & bounty-land warrant applications; the Freedman's Bank (1856-1874); and PERSI (Periodical Source Index), an index of almost 2 million genealogical and local history articles.
Fold3.com (formerly Footnote.com) includes documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, American Indian records, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and more.