Payne County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Payne County Payne 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
Payne County Courthouse 606 S Husband Street Stillwater, OK 74074 Phoen: 405.747-8310 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1894; County Clerk has land records

Parent County
1890--Payne County was created in 1890. It was an original county. County seat: Stillwater

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

Cities

 * Cushing
 * Perkins
 * Stillwater (county seat)
 * Yale

Towns

 * Glencoe
 * Ripley

Unincorporated communities

 * Ingalls
 * Mehan
 * Oak Grove
 * Quay
 * Vinco
 * Yost Lake

Neighboring Counties

 * Creek
 * Lincoln
 * Logan
 * Noble
 * Pawnee

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


 * Stillwater

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


 * Cushing Oklahoma Family History Center 1500 E 9th St Cushing OK 74023-4726 United States Location Map


 * Stillwater Oklahoma Family History Center 2324 W 26th Ave Stillwater OK 74074 United States Location Map

Web Sites

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