(This page's most recent update is
July 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure to check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Oklahoma Birth Records
- Alfalfa County, School Enumeration Records, 1912-1936
- Anadarko Area Office, Wichita Indian Census, 1895-1924
- Anadarko, Vital Records, 1918-1947
- Atoka County, Enumeration Record, 1912-1918
- Atoka County, Enumeration Record, 1912-1918
- Atoka County, Scholastic Census Reports, 1912-1934
- Beckham County, School Records, 1909-1960
- Blaine County Miscellaneous Records 1891-1929
- Caddo County, Birth Index
- Cherokee County, Scholastic Census Records, 1913-1967
- Cheyenne and Arapaho, Indian Census Rolls, 1887-1939
- Choctaw County, School Census Reports, 1912-1970
- Cleveland County, Scholastic Census Reports, 1912-1934; Index, 1912-1930
- Concho Agency, Census Records, School Records, 1879-1943
- Craig County Births and Deaths 1908-1912
- Craig County, Birth Index
- Delaware County, Register of Births and Deaths, 1913-1916
- Delaware County, Scholastic Census Records, 1914-1934
- Ellis County Vital Statistics, 1957-1990
- Grant County, Birth Index
- Greer County Births and Deaths, 1912-1918
- Harmon County, Birth Records, 1925-1973
- Haskell County, Birth Index
- Hughes County, School Census Reports, 1912-1934
- Kaw Reservation Register of Vital Statistics 1931-1951
- Kingfisher County, Scholastic Census Records, 1911-1934
- Kiowa Agency, Agency Records, 1892-1947
- Kiowa Agency, Apache Indian Census, 1896-1930
- Kiowa Agency, Kiowa Indian Census, 1895-1934
- Kiowa Indian Agency Records, 1919
- Kiowa, Comanche, Apache & Ft. Sill Apache Indian Vital Records at Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, 1924-1937
- Lincoln County Oklahoma, Lincoln County Miscellaneous Records, 1891-1925; Indexes, 1892-1921
- Lincoln County, Scholastic Census Reports, 1908-1936, 1941
- Love County, Birth Index
- Marshall County, School Census Records, 1912-1933
- McClain County, Scholastic Census Reports, 1912-1934
- Miami, Oklahoma, Miami Daily Record-Herald and District Daily News 1916-1922, Vital Records Index
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Noble County, School Census, 1912-1934
- Norman Transcript Newspaper Clipping Collection of Births, Deaths, Reunions and Marriages 1940-1941
- Nowata County, School Enumeration Records, 1912-1935
- Okfuskee County Birth and Death Records, 1909-1922
- Oklahoma County Index of Foreign Birth Certificates 1895-2002
- Oklahoma Explore Birth Index
- Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936
- Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 (Includes Birth Dates)
- Ottawa County Fragments of Extinct County Newspapers, 1904-1949: Newspapers Vital Statistics Index
- Ottawa County Miami News Record Vital Statistics Index
- Ottawa County, Indian Territory Early Newspapers Index: Fairland, Picher, Quapaw and Wyandotte 1895-1934
- Ottawa County, Miami Oklahoma News-Record Newspapers Vital Statistics Index
- Ottawa County, School Enumeration Report, 1916-1938
- Ottawa County, School Enumeration Reports, 1912-1968
- Pawnee Agency, Otoe-Missouri Tribe Records, 1895-1944
- Pawnee Agency, Ponca Tribe Records, 1886-1952
- Pawnee Agency, Register of Vital Statistics, 1909-1952, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1944-1952
- Pawnee, Kaw, Ponca, Otoe, and Tonkawa Indian Tribes Register of Births and Deaths 1915-1929
- Picher, Tri-State Tribune Newspaper Vital Records Index 1939-1944
- Pottawatomie County, School Records, 1930-1934
- Quapaw Agency, Agency Records, 1872-1948
- Roger Mills County Miscellaneous Records 1892-1922
- Roger Mills County, School Census, 1919-1934
- Seminole County, School Census Enumeration Reports, 1929-1934
- Shawnee Agency, Agency Records, 1890-1943
- Stephens County Birth Records
- Stroud Birth Index 1899-1930
- Tillman County Birth and Death Records,1917
- Tillman County, School Census Records, 1912-1936
- Tonkawa Tribe Records, 1895-1952
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Wichita, Caddo, Delaware Indians Vital Records at Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, 1926-1935
- Woods County Births, Deaths and Marriages from the Ames Enterprise, 1901-1905
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!