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Custer County, Oklahoma
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Custer County, Oklahoma Facts
When was Custer County, OK Created?
Custer County was established on August 19, 1892 from Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation.
What is the County Seat of Custer County, OK?
The County Seat is located in Arapaho and the county government website is unknown
What counties are adjacent to Custer County, OK?
Bordering Counties are Dewey County, Blaine County, Caddo County, Washita County, Beckham County, Roger Mills County.
Custer County, OK Vital Records
Where can find Custer County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Custer County vital records can be found at the Oklahoma Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, and death records since October 1908. County marriage and divorce records are located in the local Clerk of Courts officeThere is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Oklahoma for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
You can search online for Custer County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Oklahoma Birth Certificate or Death Certificate Applications to mail.
Custer County, OK Census Records
What Custer County, OK census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Custer County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Another census resource is the Oklahoma Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907. You will discover free online in addition to printable census forms that can help with your research. See Also Oklahoma Census Records Research Guide.
Custer County, OK Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Custer County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Custer County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Oklahoma courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Oklahoma residents. The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Custer County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Oklahoma Courthouse Records Research Guide.
- Custer County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 675 B St, Arapaho, OK 73620
- Phone: (580) 323-3233
- Custer County Clerk’s Office
- Birth / Death Records: 1908
- Land Records: 1899
- Custer County Court Clerk’s Office
- Marriage Records: 1894
- Probate Records: 1895
- Court Records: 1896
- Oklahoma, Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907
- BLM Land Records
Custer County, OK Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Custer County, OK?
A list of Custer County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Oklahoma Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 148, Lawton, OK 73502
- Western Plains Weatherford Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 1672, Weatherford OK 73096
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Division of State Archives and Records, 200 N.E. 18th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 75105
- Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
- Oklahoma Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12986, Oklahoma City 73157-2986
Where can I connect with other Custer County, OK Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Oklahoma State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Custer County, Oklahoma Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Custer County, Oklahoma Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Custer County, OK?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Custer County.
Custer Co. OK Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Oklahoma Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Oklahoma historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Oklahoma (1871–1923) (genealogybank.com)
- Custer County, Oklahoma Books (amazon.com)
- Search Oklahoma Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Custer County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Custer Co. OK Cemeteries & Church Records
- Oklahoma Cemetery Research Guide
- Custer Co., Oklahoma Graves (findagrave.com)
- Custer County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Custer Co., Oklahoma Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Custer Co., Oklahoma Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Oklahoma Church & Bible Research Guide
- Custer County, Oklahoma Church Books (amazon.com)
Custer Co. OK Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Oklahoma Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Oklahoma, Applications for Enrollment to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (familysearch) These records list the individuals who were accepted as eligible for tribal membership in the “Five Civilized Tribes”: Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. The records include 101,000 names from 1898-1914 (primarily from 1899-1906)
Custer Co. OK General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Oklahoma
- Custer County, Oklahoma Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Chronicles of Oklahoma (http://digital.library.okstate.edu)
- Custer County, Oklahoma Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Custer Co. OK Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Custer County, Oklahoma (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Oklahoma – Counties – Custer (cyndislist.com)
- Custer County Oklahoma (genealogytrails.com)
- Custer Co. OKGenweb (okgenweb.org)
- Custer County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Custer Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Custer Co. OK Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Custer Co. OK Military Records
- Oklahoma Military Records Research Guide
- Oklahoma Military Records (fold3.com) will provide access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Oklahoma individuals that served. Ideal for Custer County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.