> Hello Susan, Thank you for the information. I think it will be very helpful. I am handicapped and it is difficult for me to travel to the libraries, etc., to do lookups. I would appreciate it very much if you could find anything on the following family members/events ALL related to Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, I.T.: Rev./Dr. Jesse Lee WOOD d. 16 Dec 1896 Jesse Lee WOOD,II b. 21 Aug 1899 Dr. Nathaniel Clark WOOD m. Abt 1895 Blanche M. HALL Charles Franklin WOOD m. Isa Lee WOOD 27 Oct 1898 John Steven "Joe" ROWLES d. 5 Jun 1905 Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" MARTIN 28 Jan 1921 John S. MARTIN b. 20 Nov 1906 John Steven "Steve" ROWLES m. B. F. MCMILLAN Jack ROWLES Zenobia Inez ROWLES Thank you and bless you for any help. I am willing to pay reasonable costs for lookups, copying, postage, etc. Sincerely, Jesse Lee "Jack" WOOD,III Powell, OH (Formerly from TX) jwood1@mindspring.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject: [WOODS-L] Indian Territory Records > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:35:38 -0600 > From: "Susan Reynolds" <s3js@email.msn.com> > To: WOODS-L@rootsweb.com > > I found out something very interesting today and thought I should pass it on > as research in OK can be very frustrating if you don't know the ins and outs > of the Twin Territories. If people were married, born or died in the old > Indian Territory, you will probably only find their records in two places - > the federal courthouse in Muskogee, OK and the OK Gnenealogical Society in > Oklahoma City. The various tribal headquarters can guide you on what is > where, but if your folks were white settlers in the IT, you need to check > these two places first, the tribes probably won't have them. The records > are the same -the difference is accessibility and cost of accession. You > will NOT find any pre-statehood records in the modern county archives as > these counties did not exist prior to 1907. There ARE county records > earlier than that date for the Oklahoma Territory and the two should not be > confused. It will really be worth your time to look at the Twin Territories > page on OKGenWeb. It is a terrific resource and will help you see where you > are looking and what you are looking for. > > I can help with a limited number of lookups for OK, including the IT and ok > (remember the illegal whites in IT were enumerated on Yell County, AR prior > to 1890). The Tulsa library is wonderful and I will do what I can for you. > That being said, I'm a little slow because I have other commitments that > must come before my research - husband, kids, job, you know the kinds of > things that take our time! - but I will eventually get to it. If you are > looking for information on the 1900 IT census, that is forthcoming, just be > patient with me please. It is a monster job. The first partial roll of the > old Choctaw Nation has taken 7 hours so far and it is only part of a roll > and there are three more for the Choctaw Nation. That tells you what we are > up against. Happy hunting. Susan Wood Reynolds, Owasso, OK.