Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Grady County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Chickasha Ruralist (Chickasha, Grady County, Okla.)1916-191?
- Grady County Town and Farm (Rush Springs, Okla.)1910-191?
- Minco Minstrel (Minco, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. [Okla.])1890-1897
- Rush Springs Herald (Rush Springs, Okla.)1912-191?
- Rush Springs Light (Rush Springs, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. [Okla.])1893-1894
- The Alex Tribune (Alex, Indian Territory [Okla.])1907-194?
- The Amber Press (Amber, Grady County, Okla.)1909-1910
- The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1899-Current
- The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Oklahoma])1899-Current
- The Chickasha Democrat (Chickasha, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])1902-190?
- The Chickasha Express (Chickasha, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. [Okla.])1892-190?
- The Chickasha Journal (Chickasha, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])1907-190?
- The Chickasha Ledger (Chickasha, Okla.)1907-190?
- The Chickasha Record (Chickasha, Chickasaw Nation, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])1895-1896
- The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1906-1907
- The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.)1915-1997
- The Chickasha Star and Telegram (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1905-1906
- The Chickasha Telegram (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1892-1905
- The Chickasha Voice (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1906-190?
- The Democrat (Chickasha, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])1901-1902
- The Grady County Star (Chickasha, Okla.)1912-1915
- The Landmark (Rush Springs, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. [Okla.])1894-1923
- The Minco Monitor (Minco, Indian Territory [Okla.])1892-1899
- The Minco Weekly (Minco, Indian Territory [Okla.])1899-1900
- The Minstrel (Minco, I.T. [Okla.])1900-1901
- The New Star and Chickasha Telegram (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])1905-1905
- The Ninnekah Times (Ninnekah, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])1906-1909
- The Pocasset Post (Pocasset, Okla.)1907-191?
- The Rush Springs Landmark (Rush Springs, Okla.)1923-192?
- The Rush Springs Record (Rush Springs, Okla.)1909-19??
- The Rush Springs Record (Rush Springs, Okla.)1922-192?
- The Times (Tuttle, Grady County, Okla.)1910-1929
- The Tuttle News (Tuttle, Okla.)1914-19??
- The Tuttle Standard (Tuttle, Grady County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.])1907-1910
- The Tuttle Times (Tuttle, Grady County, Okla.)1929-Current
- The Tuttle Times (Tuttle, Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.])1905-1910
- The Verden News (Verden, Okla.)1905-1961
- The Washita Valley Gazette (Chickasha, Okla.)1915-191?
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
- Grady County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the court clerk and the Oklahoma Historical Society, and any online record search the county offers.
- 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, Grady" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Caddo County, Comanche County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Caddo County, Comanche 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.