Grant County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Grant County Grant 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
Grant County Courthouse 112 Guthrie Rm 104; PO Box 167; Medford, OK 73759 Phone: 580.395.2274 County Clerk has land and military records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate  and court records from 1893

Parent County
1893--Grant County was created in 1893. It was an original county (Cherokee Outlet). County seat: Medford

General History

 * Oklahoma Historical Society encyclopedia entry for Grant County

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

Cities

 * Medford
 * Pond Creek

Towns

 * Deer Creek
 * Jefferson
 * Lamont
 * Manchester
 * Nash
 * Renfrow
 * Wakita

Unincorporated community

 * Sand Creek

Neighboring Counties

 * Alfalfa
 * Garfield
 * Harper County, Kansas
 * Kay
 * Noble
 * Sumner County, Kansas

Cemeteries

 * Find A Grave for Grant County

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.

Land

 * "About Land Records," Oklahoma Historical Society

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

Military

 * Grant County GenWeb site military links

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


 * Miscellaneous newspaper articles about deaths in Grant County

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
 * 1895-1929 - Marriage index for Grant County couples married in Garfield County, 1895-1929
 * 1909-1929 - Marriage index for Grant County couples married in Alfalfa County, 1909-1929

Societies and Libraries

 * Oklahoma Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Pages from the Past Misc. links and information about Grant County
 * GenWeb for Grant County