The Indian Pioneer Papers

The Indian Pioneer Papers aka Indian Pioneer History Project.

This collection is worth mentioning to customers who's ancestors were early settlers in Oklahoma. Individuals were interviewed by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the history department of the University of Oklahoma through a grant form the WPA.

This massive collection is digitized and available through the following links:

http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/pioneer.  The University of Oklahoma Western History Collection.

http://www.okgenweb.org/pioneer   Index to the Indian Pioneer Papers.

http://goodoowah.50megs.com/indpio    a separate index of the Indian Pioneer Papers.

Take a look.  Customers can find more details about this collection in the Family Search blog.
Customers might find that missing link or hop over a brick wall by looking through this online collection. Don't forget to mention this collection. Native Americans were interviewed as well as early settlers. It's Free!



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