Project: Oklahoma

How to Join

For a full list of participants, see the badge report.

It is not necessary that you be related to someone who lived in the state of Oklahoma or live there yourself to join. Anyone with an interest is welcome! If you would like to participate, please do the following:

1. Answer our G2G welcome post to join the project and get a badge.
2. Add us_history and Oklahoma to your list of followed tags. That way you'll see all of our discussions in your G2G Feed.
3. Please see our list of goals for a basic overview for ways you can help.

Template

The template is {{US History|sub-project=Oklahoma}} which will give you:

... ... ... is a part of Oklahoma History. Join: Oklahoma Project Discuss: Oklahoma

Goals

The overall goals of the US History Project are to create and develop profiles on WikiTree for those who lived in the state of Oklahoma. To meet these goals:

1. Add Oklahoma-related profiles, checking for existing profiles to avoid duplication. If any duplicate profiles exist, request merges, starting with the oldest generation.
2. If profiles were loaded by GEDCOM, use WikiTree Styles and Standards to clean up residue and broken links.
3. Search out original rather than derivative documentation and add sources.
4. Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies.
5. Make sure profiles of all family members are correct and documented.
6. Profiles need to be linked to the greater WikiTree. Try to find the connection.

List of Things to Do

1. Need space pages created and developed for Oklahoma counties and linked to this page. Would you like to lead a county project?
2. If you have any Oklahoma state resources that you are willing to do lookups, please add them to the Oklahoma Resources Page.
3. If you live in Oklahoma, please consider adding your name to the Oklahoma Research Assistance page.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Cemeteries in Oklahoma need to be photographed and the categories added to profiles on WikiTree. See the Oklahoma Cemeteries Project
2. Add profiles for those who obtained land grants and homesteaded in Oklahoma. See the Homesteaders Project
3. Help develop the Native Americans Project with information about Oklahoma state tribes.
4. Work on Oklahoma's unconnected and unsourced profiles.
5. Add profiles for the men who died in World War I, serving from Oklahoma for the Oklahoma in the Great War project and for the Roll of Honor project.

Historical Projects

• Oklahoma Land Rush

Oklahoma Related Categories on WikiTree

• Oklahoma Category page
• Oklahoma Projects page
• Oklahoma Cemeteries
• Oklahoma Colleges & Universities
• Oklahoma Governors
• Oklahoma Homesteaders
• Oklahoma Name Studies
• Oklahoma Native American Tribes
• Oklahoma Politicians
• Oklahoma Religious Institutions
• Oklahoma Research Assistance

Related Projects and Pages on WikiTree

• Homesteaders Project
• Native Americans Project
• Trails and Wagon Trains Project
• The Way West Project
• US Governors Project
• Oklahoma in the Great War
• United States in World War II page

Online Publications

Resources

• The Trail of Tears, Council of Indian Nations, 1310 Riverview Drive, Phoenix, AZ 83034
• The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, a part of the website for Oklahoma Historical Society. Contains individual articles on many Events, Places, People, Objects, and other topics.
• Oklahoma Historical Society, Genealogical Resources Describes available collections and includes some online indexes and databases.
• Index to the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census one of the few extant pieces of the 1890 US census. Provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
• OK2Explore is a free searchable index of births and deaths that occurred in the state of Oklahoma. Included is limited information on births occurring more than 20 years ago and deaths occurring more than 5 years ago.