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.
Genealogical Resources
- 1890 Territorial Census
- 1901 El Reno and Lawton land lottery participants (partial listing)
- Biographical & Topical Vertical Files
- City Directories
- Deaths found in OKC City Directories, 1918, 1920-23
- Family Histories
- Indian Pioneer Histories (Available online through the University of Oklahoma)
- Newspaper Archives
- Oklahoman Obituary Index
- Phone Books
- Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory
- US Census Records
- Yearbooks
American Indian Ancestry
- American Indian Nations in Oklahoma
- Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civlized Tribes
- Plains & Woodland tribal census on microfilm
- Removal of Tribes to Oklahoma
- Timeline of Cherokee Records in OHS Collection
Research Guides & Resources
These guides provide an introduction to researching various topics in the OHS Research Center. 
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- Vertical Files
- County Histories
- Land Records
- American Indian Land Records
- Oklahoma Land Openings Map
- Researching the History of Your House
- Marriage Records
Research Requests
The Research Center offers a research services for patrons seeking genealogical and historical information. For complete details and forms visit our orders & fees page.
Genealogy Subscription Websites
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.
Footnote.com includes documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, American Indian records, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and more.