Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States  Oklahoma   Pottawatomie County

Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County Courthouse 325 N Broadway Street Shawnee, OK 74801 Phone: 405.273-8222 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records; County Clerk has land records from 1892

Parent County
1891--Pottawatomie County was created in 1891. It was an original county from (Pottawatomie-Shawnee Lands). County seat: Shawnee

Neighboring Counties

 * Cleveland
 * Lincoln
 * McClain
 * Okfuskee
 * Oklahoma
 * Pontotoc
 * Seminole

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Ada newspapers that may have included Pottawatomie County residents. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Shawnee 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. *

Pott County Genealogy Society has lots of indexes for marriages, probate, wills, cemeteries, obits, etc. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okpcgc/index.html