Ellis County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Ellis County

Ellis 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
Ellis County Courthouse Courthouse Square; 100 S Washington Arnett, OK 73832 Phone: 580.885-7301 Clerk Court has marriage records from 1892, divorce records from 1893, probate records from 1908 and court records from 1896; County Clerk has land records from 1898

Parent County
1907--Ellis County was created 16 July 1907 from Day (old) and Woodward Counties. County seat: Arnett

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Beaver
 * Dewey
 * Harper
 * Hemphill County, Texas
 * Lipscomb County, Texas
 * Roger Mills
 * Woodward

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

Marriage

 * 1890–1995 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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