Custer County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Custer County

Custer 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.

County Courthouse
Custer County Courthouse; 65 West B Street; Arapaho, OK 73620-0000; Ph. 580.323-1221 Details:


 * Formerly G County
 * Name changed to Custer County on 8 Nov 1892
 * County Clerk has marriage, divorce, and probate records from 1899, court records from 1894, land records, military records from 1892, school and census records from 1913 and county registry of electors from 1916; Cemetery Association has burial records for each city.

Parent County
1892--Custer County was created in 1892 from Cheyenne-Arapaho Lands. County seat: Arapaho

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places

 * Arapaho (county seat)
 * Butler
 * Carpenter (part)
 * Clinton (part)
 * Custer City
 * Dead Women Crossing
 * Hammon (part)
 * Thomas
 * Weatherford

Neighboring Counties

 * Beckham
 * Blaine
 * Caddo
 * Dewey
 * Roger Mills
 * Washita

State Census Records

 * 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census 1890 - Oklahoma Historical Societ
 * 1890 and 1907 Oklahoma Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907 at Ancestry — index and image ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Oklahoma starting in 1860. For links to Federal census indexes, see Oklahoma Census.

Lutheran

 * Records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Maps

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Oklahoma - shows boundary changes for Oklahoma Counties
 * Maps n More - county and township maps.
 * Oklahoma Civil War Map of Battles

Newspapers
Oklahoma Newspapers Online Oklahoma Newspaper Catalogs
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Oklahoma newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Oklahoma newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Oklahoma State Historical Society - catalog of known Oklahoma newspapers; lists repositories that have the newspapers
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Probate
Online Records


 * 1801 – 2008 Oklahoma Wills and Probate Records 1801-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1887 – 2008 Oklahoma Probate Records 1887-2008 at FamilySearch — images

School Records

 * 1895 - 1936 at | FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1890–1995 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Clinton Oklahoma Family History Center 430 S 29th St Clinton OK 73601 United States

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.