Can you suggest a good website?

Question

I'm researching a family that seems to have disappeared sometime between the 1870 census and 1900 census. What little info I have received from other family members suggest that 2 or 3 of the younger children were born in Indian Territory and then they moved on to Texas where they appeared in the 1900 census, minus the father. Either I've exhausted myself searching for these people or I've just got a mental block, but either way I'm having trouble finding a website concerning Oklahoma between about 1880 and 1900. Everything I find has to do with Native Americans and that's not what I need. I know I've searched Oklahoma wwebsites before, but for some reason I'm coming up empty handed this time.

Can someone suggest a good site to search? Ancestry.com and rootsweb have yielded zilch on these folks. Thanks!

Answer 1

You might want to try Cyndislist.com  that site has more information than I have ever seen on it regarding many things to do with genealogy.  It may point you in the right direction for something.  With Ancestry, it can be tricky to search sometimes.  Also, I have found great luck in just googling names or mates or children of different ancestors.  You never know who else is researching the same people.  Posting is free on the message boards on Rootsweb.com and genealogy.com  and I have personally had very good luck with that.

Answer 2

Have you tried any of the following;

www.familysearch.org

www.accessgenealogy.com

Also, try the state or national archive sites.  Church and cemetery records can also be helpful.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Oklahoma Cemeteries, if any of them died and someone transcribed a tombstone.

http://www.okcemeteries.net/

US Gen Web, for the appropriate county. Some sites have things like 1894 business directory and 1888 high school graduating class.