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
- City Directories
- Telephone Books
- Deaths found in OKC City Directories, 1918, 1920-23
- Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory
- 1890 Territorial Census
- Biographical & Topical Vertical Files
- Family Histories
- Oklahoman Obituary Index
- Newspaper Archives
- US Census Records
- Junior High, High School and University Yearbooks
- 1901 El Reno and Lawton land lottery participants (partial listing)
- Indian Pioneer Histories (Available online through the University of Oklahoma - link opens in new window)
American Indian Ancestry
- Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civlized Tribes
- Timeline of Cherokee Records in OHS Collection
- List of American Indian Nations in Oklahoma
- Removal of Tribes to Oklahoma
- Plains & Woodland tribal census on microfilm
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.