The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.
There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help researchers as they discover who belongs in our family tree and, more importantly, what their life story is. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.
As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit
Types of Information Available in Digital Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
- Letters
- Oral Histories
- Maps
- Bulletins and Newsletters
- Corporate Collections
- Local Community and County Histories
- Photographs and Postcards
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Government Publications and Documents
- And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes
The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:
Oklahoma Archives
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Oklahoma
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Oklahoma
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Bartlesville Public Library
- Chronicling America – Oklahoma
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Oklahoma
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Oklahoma
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Public Library of America – Oklahoma
- Documenting the American South
- Eastern Oklahoma Library System
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Oklahoma Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Oklahoma
- FindAGrave
- Genealogy Trails – Oklahoma
- Google Books – Oklahoma
- HathiTrust – Oklahoma
- Hughes County Historical Society
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Oklahoma
- Internet Archive – Oklahoma
- Langston University Digital Collections
- Lawton Public Library
- LDS Genealogy – Oklahoma
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Oklahoma
- Metropolitan Library System
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Fort Worth
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Oklahoma
- Northeastern State University Digital Collections
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University Digital Collections
- Oklahoma Baptist University Digital Collections
- Oklahoma City University Digital Collections
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries
- Oklahoma Digital Prairie
- Oklahoma Genealogical Society
- Oklahoma Historical Society
- Oklahoma State Archives
- Oklahoma State University Digital Collections
- Oklahoma Territorial Museum Carnegie Library
- Oral Roberts University Digital Collections
- OSU Edmon Low Library – Genealogy
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Sanborn Maps – Oklahoma
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- Southeast Oklahoma Library System
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University Digital Collections
- Stephens County Genealogy Library
- Stillwater Public Library
- Stroud Public Library
- Talbot Library and Museum
- The Gateway to Oklahoma History
- The Official Land Records Site
- Tulsa City-County Library Genealogy Center
- Tulsa Genealogical Society Library
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Central Oklahoma Digital Collections
- University of Oklahoma Digital Collections
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Digital Collections
- University of Oklahoma Western History Collections
- University of Tulsa Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Oklahoma
- US GenWeb Archives – Oklahoma
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!