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Information submitted by Atoka Co. researchers is a large part of the information found on the Atoka Co. site. Even the smallest bit of information submitted could be another researchers biggest break through. Your help with adding more information to this Atoka Co. site would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to submit information please contact About Obituaries Most genealogists are well aware of the importance of finding a death certificate for each ancestor. However, many overlook obituaries as an equally valuable source of information. Obituaries often contain names of family members, location of birth, church affiliation, and other insights into an ancestor's life. Once you have found the place of death it is now a matter of finding the Obituary for that person. Checking local newspapers, libraries and genealogy societies in the area will usually produce an obituary about your family member. Newspapers are usually found on microfilm at the newspaper, local libraries or Historical and genealogy societies in the areas. If not found in the local area of the death, State Historical Society will usually have the newspapers on microfilm, and can be ordered by interlibrary loan. Also available in some cases, larger newspapers have begun indexing their obituaries and you may be able to access these if you use an Internet search engine. Items that may be found in obituaries: Local Churches sometimes have a small paper they publish for their members, about the local happenings within their church membership. The Church obits are sometimes even more detailed then those found in local newspapers.
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