Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Dewey County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Seiling Messenger (Seiling, Dewey County, Okla.)1906-1918
- Taloga Times-Advocate (Taloga, Dewey County, Okla.)1921-Current
- The Advocate (Taloga, Okla.)1895-1895
- The Camargo Comet (Camargo, Dewey County, Okla.)1912-1919
- The Camargo News (Camargo, Dewey County, Okla.)1933-19??
- The Cestos News (Cestos, Dewey County, Okla.)1908-191?
- The Cestos Reporter (Cestos, Dewey County, Okla.)1902-190?
- The Fay Forum (Fay, Dewey County, Okla.)1911-1913
- The Fay Magnet (Fay, Okla.)1908-19??
- The Leedey Herald (Leedey, Dewey County, Okla.)1912-1916
- The Leedey News (Leedey, Dewey County, Okla.)1933-1936
- The Leedey Star (Leedey, Okla.)1935-1987
- The Leedey Times (Leedey, Dewey County, Okla.)1911-1916
- The Leedey Times (Leedey, Dewey County, Okla.)1924-193?
- The Leedey Times and Herald (Leedey, Dewey County, Okla.)1916-1924
- The Lenora La Pearl (Lenora, Dewey County, Okla.)1913-19??
- The Lenora Leader (Lenora, Okla.)1902-191?
- The Lenora News (Lenora, Dewey County, Okla.)1914-1916
- The Oakwood News (Oakwood, Dewey County, Okla.)1908-191?
- The Putnam Pioneer (Putnam, Okla.)1904-191?
- The Seiling Guide (Seiling, Dewey County, Okla.)1901-19??
- The Taloga Accident (Taloga, County D., Okla.)1892-189?
- The Taloga Times (Taloga, Dewey County, Okla.)1898-192?
- The Taloga Tomahawk (Taloga, D. County, Okla.)1893-189?
- The Vici Beacon (Vici, Dewey County, Okla.)1911-1972
- The Western Oklahoman (Taloga, D. County, Okla.)1895-1???
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 Dewey 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, Dewey" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1891, 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.