Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Beckham County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Beckham County Advocate (Carter, Beckham County, Okla.)1913-1913
- Beckham County News (Elk City, Beckham County, Okla.)1907-190?
- Elk City Daily News (Elk City, Beckham County, Okla.)1929-201?
- Elk City Democrat (Elk City, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1901-1906
- Elk City Democrat and Statesman (Elk City, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1906-191?
- Elk City Statesman (Elk City, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1905-1905
- Erick Enterprise (Erick, Greer County, O.T. [Okla.])1902-190?
- Greer County Republican (Erick, Greer County, Okla.)1904-1907
- Musings of the Old Kuss (Sayre, Okla.)1915-19??
- Social Democrat (Sayre, Okla.)1912-191?
- The Agitator (Sayre, Okla.)1913-191?
- The Carter Express (Carter, Beckham County, Okla.)1910-1935
- The Elk City Daily News (Elk City, Okla.)1901-Current
- The Elk City Leader (Elk City, Okla.)1915-191?
- The Elk City Press (Elk City, Okla.)1925-192?
- The Elk City Record (Elk City, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1901-191?
- The Erick Altruist (Erick, Greer County, Okla.)1907-191?
- The Kempton News (Kempton, Beckham County, Okla.)1910-19??
- The Roger Mills Democrat (Elk City, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1901-1907
- The Sayre Citizen (Sayre, Okla.)1910-1910
- The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal (Sayre, Okla.)1932-1973
- The Sayre Democrat (Sayre, Okla.)1920-1920
- The Sayre Enterprise (Sayre, Okla.)1901-1903
- The Sayre Headlight (Sayre, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1902-1943
- The Sayre Journal (Sayre, Beckham County, Okla.)1924-192?
- The Sayre Standard (Sayre, Okla.)1920-192?
- The Sayre Star (Sayre, Beckham County, Okla.)1923-1924
- The Sayre Sun (Sayre, Beckham County, Okla.)1935-1980
- The Sayre Venture (Sayre, Roger Mills County, Okla.)1901-1902
- The Texola Herald (Texola, Greer County, Okla.)1902-192?
- The Texola Tribune (Texola, Beckham County, Okla.)1925-1935
- The Western Star (Sayre, Okla.)1903-1904
- The Western Star (Sayre, Okla.)1903-190?
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Beckham County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk, the court clerk and the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- The county clerk
Deeds and other land records.
- The court clerk
Marriage licenses, probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Oklahoma Historical Society
In Oklahoma City: Native American records, including Dawes Commission records, and county records and newspapers.
- Oklahoma Historical Society Research Centerfree
The state historical society's research center in Oklahoma City: Native American records, county records and newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Oklahoma, Beckham" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Greer County, Roger Mills County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Greer County, Roger Mills County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1907, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Before statehood in 1907, Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. For Native American ancestors, the Dawes rolls and enrollment cards at the National Archives and the Oklahoma Historical Society are key.