Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Okmulgee County Okmulgee 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
Okmulgee County Courthouse 314 W 7th Sreet Okmulgee, OK 74447-5028 Phone: 918.756-0788 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records; County Clerk has land and military records

Parent County
1907--Okmulgee County was created 16 July 1907 from Creek Lands. County seat: Okmulgee

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Creek
 * McIntosh
 * Muskogee
 * Okfuskee
 * Tulsa
 * Wagoner

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Okmulgee

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

Web Sites

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