Property records contain a higher degree of genealogical proof than any other source. Family member s are identified by names, dates, and relationships. When we were still controlled by England they collected taxes from everyone, and kept good records of such transactions. Some of the information that one might need to get the required amount of information for records on Oklahoma Homesteads are in the many Platte Books throughout our state. These give the land description and all of the livestock, buildings and machinery owned by the land holder.
Copies are available for a fee.
Record copies of the patents are in the Bureau of Land Management , Dept. Of the Interior, P.O. Box 1449, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Copies are available for a fee. Patents can be viewed and ordered online at the BLM web site. This information has been submitted to the Ellis County Pages.