Genealogy

Local Resources

The library’s genealogy section includes newspapers on microfilm dating from 1893 from Pawnee and surrounding areas.

Visit the Pawnee County Historical Society for more information about local history.

Genealogy Links

Genealogy How-To

• About.com Genealogy – genealogy.about.com/od/make_family_tree/u/learn.htm
• Family Search – familysearch.org/ask
• RootsWeb’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees – rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com
• Genealogy forms at Family Tree Magazine – familytreemagazine.com/freeforms

Free Online Genealogy Resources on the Web

• Rootsweb – rootsweb.ancestry.com
• Family Search – familysearch.org
• Cyndi’s List – cyndislist.com
• Access Genealogy – accessgenealogy.com
• Find a Grave – findagrave.com
• Death Indexes – deathindexes.com
• Oklahoma Cemeteries – okcemeteries.net
• US GenWeb Project – usgenweb.org
• Chronicling America – chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
• Tulsa City County Library Genealogy Center – tulsalibrary.org/genealogy
• Birth and death certificates – vitalrec.com
• National Archives – archives.gov/research/genealogy
• Bureau of Land Management – www.glorecords.blm.gov
• Daughters of the American Revolution – dar.org
• Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War – www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
• American Memory – memory.loc.gov
• Surnames – surnames.behindthename.com