Sue- This group certainly fills a need for this area of research. I'm trying to learn more about Kay and Dewey Counties, the history and such. Only then will I know what kind of records may have have generated that might include the people I am researching. Only then will I know what brought them out to Oklahoma to begin with, to leave established farms and homes for the wild Indian territory. There are a few websites that deal with Oklahoma history in general but have yet to find any in depth on Kay and Dewey counties.

Sue, I like your vision. for this group. There are very few sources for information on Indian Territory. In trying to trace my Great Grandfather who brought his family into Indian Territory in 1880, the pickens are slim. I will admit I still have a lot of the Dawes films at the history center to go through.

I have an assortment of photos, books, and related information from roughly the mid 1800's extending to today over the Oklahoma/IT area. Mostly the information is related to what's now the OKC area, central to southeast Oklahoma, and the main family lines involved are Morgan, Long, Chubbee, McClure. I would suggest folks wanting to research native american lines in the area to check the website for the National Archives Southwest Region, www.archives.gov/southwest/. This archive has the actual enrollment packets for at the Dawes roll.