Genealogy Projects tagged with Oklahoma on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Bryan County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bryan County, Oklahoma. History The area now known as Bryan County was occupied by the Choctaw Tribe in 1831-1832, and became part of Choctaw Nation's Blue County. In 1845, the tribe opened Armstrong Academy for boys near the community of Bokchito. The academy served as Chahta Tamaha, the Choctaw capital, during the Civil War. Blo...

  • Beckham County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beckham County, Oklahoma. Official Website In 1892, the area was designated as County F in the newly created Oklahoma Territory, until it was renamed Roger Mills County. At statehood, portions of land from both Roger Mills and Greer counties were joined to form Beckham County. Adjacent Counties Roger Mills County Custer Co...

  • Craig County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Craig County, Oklahoma. Overview In the early 1800s, this area was part of the hunting grounds of the Osage nation and other Plains tribes, some of whom had migrated west from other areas. Members of the Cherokee Nation began moving into the area during the 1830s, particularly after Indian Removal by the US government, which force...

  • Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Alfalfa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,642. The county seat is Cherokee. Alfalfa County was formed at statehood in 1907. The county is named after William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray , the president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Conventio...

  • Delaware County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Delaware County, Oklahoma. History Archaeological studies have shown that at least three different periods of prehistoric people had lived in the area covered by Delaware County. These included 23 Archaic, 17 Woodland, and 63 Eastern Villager sites. Artifacts date back between 1400 and 2000 years from the present. Many of these si...

  • Adair County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adair County, Oklahoma . History The county was created in 1906 from the Goingsnake and Flint districts of the Cherokee Nation . There was a decade-long struggle over what town would become the county seat between Stilwell and Westville. When the county was formed, Westville was identified as the county seat, due partly to its loc...

  • Cimarron County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cimarron County, Oklahoma. History Cimarron County was created at statehood in 1907. Before the Oklahoma Organic Act was passed in 1890, the area had belonged to what was known as "No Man's Land," also referred to as the "Public Land Strip." This was a relatively lawless area, with no organized government, and several outlaws soug...

  • Oklahoma Hall of Fame

    =Oklahoma Hall of Fame= from Oklahoma Hall of Fame :>Being inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame is the highest honor an Oklahoman can receive from the state. Since the Oklahoma Hall of Fame’s inception in 1927, 677 accomplished individuals have received this commendation. The names of the Hall of Fame members, as well as busts and portraits of these individuals, can be seen at the Gaylord-Pi...

  • Denison Cemetery, Idabel, Oklahoma

    Denison cemetery is a large cemetery located East of Idabel. There are many unmarked graves and a few funeral home temporary markers. However, the cemetery is well maintained and burials continue to be made in the cemetery. To obtain information on the burial location call Denison cemetery 580-286-7278 or Denison City Hall at 580-286-7608. Directions to the cemetery: Denison cemetery is East ...

  • Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

    This cemetery is located on 6500 South 129th East Avenue, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave Oklahoma Cemeteries

  • University of Oklahoma

    Wikipedia The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. As of 2007 the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its main campus in Norman. Employing nearly 3,000 faculty members, the s...

  • Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Established in 1927 Memorial Park Cemetery is situated in ‘Green Country’ nestled in the soft, rolling foothills of northeast Oklahoma. Dotted with countless older stately trees, newer flowering trees, a large, serene lake, extensive stone works, and an overall majestic feel and layout the Cemetery has a picturesque and peaceful atmosphere. The Board of Trustees along with the staff believes t...

  • Choctaw County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation moved into the area now occupied by Choctaw County in 1831-1832, as a result of their forcible removal from their homeland in the Southeastern United States, under the Indian Removal Act. The US wanted to extinguish Native American land claims in the Southeast to enable development by Euro...

  • Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Oklahoma

    This cemetery is one mile South on 8th Street and 1 mile East in Tuttle, {Grady County], OK or from Main Street/Hwy 37 in Tuttle, turn south on Cimarron Road. Go 1 mile to Rock Creek Road, turn left. Go 1 mile to Fairview Cemetery on the left. From Tri-City ~ Go west 12 miles into the town of Tuttle. Turn south on Cimarron Road. Go 1 mile, turn east, then go about ½ mile. The cemetery will be ...

  • Cheyenne Nation

    The Cheyenne (/ʃaɪˈæn/ shy-AN) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, and the Northern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Norther...

  • McCurtain County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.= Official Website =It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. The name honors an influential Choctaw family that lived in the area. Green McCurtain was the last chief when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Adjacent Counties * Le Flore County * Polk County, Ark. * ...

  • Fort Sill National Cemetery

    Wikipedia =Fort Sill National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Elgin in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave

  • Kaw City, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA

    Kaw City, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA: Wikipedia

  • Greyhorse Indian Village Cemetery, Gray Horse, Osage County, Oklahoma

    Greyhorse Indian Village Cemetery resides in Gray Horse, Osage County, Oklahoma. Also known as Gray Horse Cemetery, the cemetery sits on 3.02 acres of Osage Nation Reservation land, donated around the time of 1906 by Wilson Kirk, an Osage original allottee from the Grayhorse District.The earliest stones date from 1895. This burying ground is still active. A new fence and gate for the Grayhors...

  • Rose Hill Cemetery - Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Opening in 1916, Rose Hill is a historic part of Tulsa's legacy. Encompassing 90 acres, Rose Hill Cemetery offers traditional casketed burial spaces, lawn crypts, casketed mausoleum entombment, cremation burial, and also cremation niche entombment.Rose Hill Cemetery is home to the Abbey Mausoleum. The mausoleum is the oldest and largest mausoleum in the state of Oklahoma. The first phase was co...

  • Major County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Major County, Oklahoma.Upon statehood in 1907, Major County was created from southern part of a territorial county. Fairview, which had been settled following the Land Run of 1893, was designated the county seat, and voters reaffirmed the choice on December 22, 1908.Named for John Charles Major, a representative to the state's 1906 Co...

  • Rogers County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Originally created in 1907 from the western Saline District of the Cherokee Nation, this area was named the Cooweescoowee District, and Cooweescoowee County at the time of statehood. However, the residents protested, and the name was changed to Rogers County, after Clem Vann Rogers, a prominent Cherokee ranch...

  • Dewey County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dewey County, Oklahoma. Lands assigned to the Choctaw and Seminole tribes extended into the area now occupied by Dewey County. Under the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866 the Choctaw and Chickasaw ceded their western domain to the United States. Known as the Leased District, part of the area became the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation....

  • Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Oklahoma

    The Historic Dewey Cemetery is located north of Dewey on US Highway 75. There are headstones from as far back as 1899. The graves of notorious bank robber Henry Starr, nephew of Belle Starr, can be found at the cemetery. The mausoleum of the Bartles family (Jake Bartles founded Dewey) is also in the cemetery. Information about burials at the Dewey Cemetery can be obtained by stopping in at Cit...

  • Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    There are two entrances for Rose Hill Burial Park one on NW Penn and the main gate on 6001 NW Grand Blvd. Rose Hill Burial Park is a very large cemetery and home to one of the first public mausoleums in the state of Oklahoma. The cemetery is divided into sections, some are numbered and others are named: Love, Rose Lawn, Babyland, Memories, Shepherd, and others. The cemetery is well-kept, and ...

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