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For more information please call Walter Eskridge at (405)522-0791 or email waltereskridge@okhistory.org. |
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Genealogical Resources
The John & Eleanor Kirkpatrick Research Center
Oklahoma History Center
Oklahoma City, OK
The Research Center offers free in-library access to Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest and Footnote.com. These sites allow visiting researchers to search, view and print various genealogical records, documents and images. Ancestry Library offers US Census, ship logs and passenger indexes, WWI draft registration cards, vital records, and the Social Security Death Index. HeritageQuest also includes US Census as well as Revolutionary War pension & bounty-land warrant applications; the Freedman's Bank (1956-1874); and PERSI (Periodical Source Index), an index of almost 2 million genealogical and local history articles. Footnote.com includes documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, American Indian records, historical newspapers, naturalization documents and more.
The Research Center also offers other extensive genealogical research resources in-library, as well as a wealth of information that can be found through our Online Research Catalog. If you are interested in researching your American Indian Ancestry, be sure to use our searchable online listing of the Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes.
Research Center hours:
Monday-Saturday 10am - 4:45pm
First Monday of the month 10am to 7:45pm
Days Closed: Sundays and all state holidays
Admission is FREE
If you have questions about the Research Center, please call (405)522-5225 or email research@okhistory.org.
The Research Center will be closed Monday, September 5, 2011, in observance of Labor Day. It will be open extended hours on Monday, September 12, 2011, from 10am to 7:45pm. |
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Rug Hooking Workshop
September 17, 12pm-5pm
George M. Murrell Home
Park Hill, OK
Gina Levesque will teach a workshop on how to make a hooked rug. Attendees will make a small 10"x10" project during the class.
No previous experience is necessary. Cost is $45 per person and includes a kit with a pattern on backing, pre-cut wool noodles, written instructions and a rug hook. Participants need to bring a pair of scissors and a 14" embroidery hoop. If you don't have an embroidery hoop, non-slip hoops will be available for purchase at an additional cost of $17.
If you would like to attend this class, please call Amanda at (918)456-2751 to register.
The Murrel Home is located at 19479 E. Murrell Home Road in Park Hill, Oklahoma. |
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Preview Party - Field, Forest & Stream Exhibit
September 1, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Enid, OK
Be the first to experience Field, Forest & Stream! They are cooking up some Camp Faves to eat that evening.
Free admission for members. Only $5 for non-members. If you have questions, please call (580)237-1907. |
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DONATE NOW Download, fill out the annual giving form, and mail it to:
Development Department
Oklahoma Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105 |
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For a full listing of benefits, download the membership
brochure.
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9/17 Celebration Tea, 1pm-3pm, (580)336-2405
9/1 Preview Party for Field, Forest & Stream, 5:30pm-7:30pm, (580)237-1907
9/16 Cherokee Strip Days Gala, 7pm, (580)237-1907
9/17 Frontier Festival, 11am, (580)237-1907
Fort Towson:
9/30 Doaksville Candlelight Tour, 6:30pm, (580)873-2634
Frank Phillips Home:
10/21 Tangible History Presentation, "In Mourning" Customs and Objects Mid 1800s, 12:10pm, (918)336-2491x104
George M. Murrell Home:
9/17 Rug Hooking Workshop, 12pm-5pm, (918)456-2751
Oklahoma History Center:
9/10 SeptemberFest, 10am, (405)522-0785
9/29 Research Ctr Book Sale, 10am, (405)522-5225
10/22 Dutch Oven Cooking, 1-5pm, (405)522-0785
Sod House Museum:9/1-30 Southwest and Native American Art Display by Artist marian Goodwin, (580)463-2441
9/23 Autumnal Equinox Walks, 11am, (918)962-2062 |
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The Importance of History...
"Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history is the big myth we live, and in our living, constantly remake."
Robert Penn Warren |
Oklahoma
Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK
73105
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