COMBO:Researching Land in Oklahoma Booklet & Early OK Land Tract Books Index CD

Description

Book:  "A Guide to Researching Land In Oklahoma"
The history of Oklahoma begins in 1803, with the Louisiana Purchase and Territorial Claims of 1803.
Oklahoma & Indian Territories did not become the State of Oklahoma until Nov. 16, 1907
Book by Katie Bush, Oklahoma Historical Society
"A Guide to Researching Land in Oklahoma" is an 8 1/2" x 11" book, bound in glossy, heavy paper stock, containing 38 pages with full-color maps, a multitude of information on the subject matter, and extensive Section 7 entitled Contact Information for Record Holdings/Archives; a section on Useful References found at the Oklahoma Historical Society Research, a Glossary and very extensive Bibliography.
This book is worth its weight in gold for the sole explanation and drawing entitled:  Diagram of Quarter Sections and Subdivisions of One Section of Land or 640 acres.  Never again will you be confused reading land descriptions such as the
"W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4," defining 5 acres!
The book is a must for any genealogist researching land properties in Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
information covers the following:
The Boomer Movement and Homesteads
Unassigned Lands
Iowa, Potawatomi, and Sac and Fox Reservations
Kickapoo Reservation
Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation
Greer County
Neutral Strip
Land Lotteries:  Wichita, Caddo, Comache, Kiowa and Apache
Big Pasture Opened by Sealed Bid
INDIAN TERRITORY
history discusses the following:
Dawes Commission and Indian Territory
The Use of Land Allotments with American Indians
Allotments to Freedmen
Safeguarding American Indian Lands from Boomers
The Dispute with Railroads
Grafters and the Use of Lease Agreements
Recording Districts
Allotments:  Tonkawa, Pawnee, Ponca and Otoe-Missouria, Osage and Kaw (Kansa), Choctaw and Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Muscogee (Creek).
Land Allotments of Tribes in Northeastern Indian Territory include:
Seneca, Shawnee, and Quapaw, Peoria, Ottawa, Wyandotte and Modoc.
CD:  Early Oklahoma Land Tract Books Index - Pre-Statehood in 1907
This every-name index to those who filed claims for Oklahoma land lists the full name, date, and legal description, location of land, county, book and page of entry.
Covers Oklahoma Territory, and some Indian Territory land (not Five Tribes or Osage Lands).
3,833 pages, searchable by alphabetical surname listing.
Oklahoma Township and Range Map, shown above, may be magnified up to 400% using toolbar in order to see details.
An important source for those seeking to access the Land Patent Files and Homestead Papers of Oklahoma pioneers.
Published 2010,
fully searchable index
in PDF format on CD.
This is a joint project between Oklahoma Genealogical Society & the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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