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Oklahoma deeds, probates, and civil court records are located at the county clerk's or clerk of the courts office. Marriage records before statewide recording may be found at the county clerk as well, but records of births and deaths are not available until statewide recording began. Official certificates come from the State Department of Health (see Vital Records). The State Election Board, Oklahoma Museum of Election History, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, holds precinct registers and/or other records for thirty-four counties.
The largest percentage of Oklahoma's extant public records were generated in the twentieth century and are generally intact. Send inquiries to the county official at the courthouse address for the appropriate county. Some dates in the following chart were obtained from Blessing, Oklahoma Records and Archives, and Koplowitz, Guide to Historical Records of Oklahoma. There are a few discrepancies in county record beginning dates between Koplowitz and Blessing; in such instances, Koplowitz's dates have been used.
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