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Ancestry Library Edition
With 7 billion genealogical records from across the globe and millions of family trees, this is the world’s largest online family history resource. Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (BIPNA) covers all aspects of Indigenous culture, history, and life in North America.
Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers
Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Dawes Rolls Online
Search the Dawes Rolls to trace your ancestry to one of the Five Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole.
FamilySearch
FamilySearch Affiliate Library: The Muskogee Public Library is an affiliate to the FamilySearch Library. You are able to access 40% more (400 million) images in our library than you can working from home. Additional Records Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)
fold3
Access historical military records, including stories, photos, and personal documents, using fold3 for free with your library card. At home? Log in with your library card number here.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia has over 25,000 easy-to-read encyclopedia articles for children covering an array of topics.
Heritage Quest
Revolutionary War, Civil War, and US Congressional Serial Set, US Census reports, birth, death, and marriage records.
HistoryGeo.com
Covers 21 states and over 9 million records, including original landowners, antique maps and atlases. Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)
NewsBank
This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring a specific event or wide variety of topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Library Card Required.
NewspaperArchive
A collection of digitized newspapers from Oklahoma, the United States, and countries around the world, dating from 1607 to the present. At home? Log in here with your library card number and create your free account.
Oklahoma Digital Prairie
More than 100 years of history, including documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, high school yearbooks up to the 90s, and audio/visual content.
ProQuest Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Website offers historical articles, pamphlets, diaries, and correspondence from time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Historical Society has created a video full of tips and tricks to search for photographs, newspapers, maps, documents, books, and other resources on The Gateway. You can view the video here.
The Oklahoman Historical Archive and Current Collection
Research Oklahoma City history through The Oklahoman Collection from 1901 through current, including full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Library Card Required.
Tribal Treaties Database—Oklahoma State University
The Tribal Treaties Database provides an easy-to-use portal to access treaties, agreements, and other historical documents that have shaped relationships between tribal nations and the United States.
Voices of Oklahoma
Dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Oklahoma, voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words in these far-ranging interviews.
Voter Information
Visit the Oklahoma State Election Board to access voter registration online, upcoming elections, and election results.