Cherokee County, Oklahoma:
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Projects

• Cherokee County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cherokee County OKGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cherokee County, Oklahoma      (Source: Oklahoma Genealogy)
• Cherokee County, Oklahoma Independent Genealogy and History      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Cherokee Nation      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Cherokee Nation, I. T.      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Research      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Adair County, OK  to the east
• Delaware County, OK  to the north
• Mayes County, OK  to the northwest
• Muskogee County, OK  to the southwest
• Sequoyah County, OK  to the south
• Wagoner County, OK  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Cherokee Co, Oklahoma, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Cherokee County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Cherokee County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Cherokee County Family Lines      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Cherokee County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes

• Cherokee Co. Census Records      (Source: Census Online)
• Cherokee County Federal Census Index      (Source: us-census.org)

• 1890

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Cherokee County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 1890 Veterans Schedules  Cherokee Nation     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• 1900

  • 1900 Federal Census  Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1910

  • 1910 Federal Census  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1920

  • 1920 Federal Census  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1930

  • 1930 Federal Census  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • Cherokee County on Reel 1897      (Source: 1930 United States Census on Internet Archive)

• 1940

  • 1940 Federal Census  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • National Archives Official 1940 Census Website  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Court and Legal Records

• Cherokee County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Miscellaneous index, 1907-1921      (Source: FamilySearch)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• Cherokee County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Estate Records

• Oklahoma Probate Records, 1887-2008  includes Cherokee County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Oklahoma Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008  includes Cherokee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• All Things Cherokee 
• John Horse and the Black Seminoles  The First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery
• United Keetoowah Band      (Source: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)

History (18)

Introduction and Guides

• Cherokee County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Cherokee County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cyndi's List of Oklahoma locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Cherokee County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cherokee County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cherokee Heritage Center  Tahlequah
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Cherokee County, Oklahoma      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: Find My Past)
• University Archives, Genealogy Information  Northeastern State University
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ITCHEROK Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

  • ITCHEROK Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OKCHEROK Cherokee County genealogy

  • OKCHEROK Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Cherokee County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Cherokee County Post Offices 
• Cherokee County Postal Covers      ($)
• Cherokee County Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Cherokee County, Oklahoma 1922 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Individual County Chronologies  Cherokee County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Oklahoma Ghost Towns 

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Cherokee County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Cherokee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Camp Gruber      (Source: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)

Miscellaneous Data

• Cherokee County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Cherokee County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cherokee County Newspapers      (Source: OKBits)
• Cherokee County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Obituary search includes Tahlequah Daily Press      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tahlequah Daily Press 
• Tahlequah Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Tahlequah, Oklahoma Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cherokee County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Cherokee County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Cherokee County Courthouse 
• Cherokee County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Historical Postcards of Cherokee County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Cherokee County Schools      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries      (Source: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)
• Hulbert School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Northeastern State University      (Source: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture)
• Oklahoma School Records  1895-1936     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Pettit School c1912  Kerry's Class Pictures & Yearbooks
• Pettit School c1918  Kerry's Class Pictures & Yearbooks
• Tahlequah School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Cherokee Capital Chapter  Tahlequah     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (38)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Cherokee County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cherokee County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Cherokee County, Oklahoma     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Cherokee County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Cherokee County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Oklahoma Archives)
• Cherokee County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Cherokee County, Oklahoma Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Divorce records for all district in the Cherokee Nation, 1874-1909  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995  includes Cherokee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Cherokee County, Oklahoma Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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