Tulsa County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Tulsa County Tulsa 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
Tulsa County Courthouse 500 S Denver Avenue Tulsa, OK 74103-3835 Phone: 918.596-5000 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1907

Parent County

 * 1905--Tulsa County was created in 1905 from Creek and Cherokee Lands.
 * County seat: Tulsa

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

Cities

 * Bixby (part)
 * Broken Arrow (part)
 * Collinsville
 * Glenpool
 * Jenks
 * Owasso (part)
 * Sand Springs (part)
 * Sapulpa (part)
 * Tulsa (county seat) (part)

Towns

 * Liberty (part)
 * Lotsee
 * Skiatook (part)
 * Sperry

Census-designated places

 * Oakhurst
 * Turley

Unincorporated communities

 * Berryhill
 * Lake
 * Former communities[edit]
 * Alsuma - Annexed by Tulsa in 1968.[25][26]
 * Carbondale - Annexed by Tulsa in 1928.[27]
 * Dawson - Annexed by Tulsa in 1949.[28]
 * Keystone, Oklahoma - Submerged by Keystone Lake, whose construction began in 1958.
 * North Tulsa - Annexed by Tulsa in 1904.[29]
 * Prattville - Annexed by Sand Springs in 1965.[30]
 * Red Fork - Annexed by Tulsa in 1927.[28]
 * South Haven - Annexed by Tulsa in 1966.[27]

Neighboring Counties

 * Creek
 * Okmulgee
 * Osage
 * Pawnee
 * Rogers
 * Wagoner
 * Washington

Cemeteries
The Tulsa Genealogical Society published a. These records cover the period from 1906 to 1986 and are available at the Family History Library. An index to these volumes is found on the Tulsa Genealogical Society Website.

Individual cemeteries:


 * Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa BillionGraves

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.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Tulsa

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


 * Map of 1922 Tulsa County, Oklahoma with numerous small settlements. (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Tulsa County:
 * December 9, 1861 = Chusto-Talasah also known as Caving Banks

Map showing Civil war battles in Oklahoma

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

Societies and Libraries
Genealogy Center of the Tulsa City-County Library Tulsa Genealogical Society Library Tulsa Genealogical Society Home Page  Tulsa Historical Society Broken Arrow Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Tulsa Oklahoma East Family History Center
 * Tulsa Oklahoma Family History Center

Web Sites

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