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Ron Henson
Choctaw County Coordinator & webmaster

      Graduate of Hugo High School. Researching the surnames of HENSON, MCLEMORE, BAZE, LADD & NELSON.

     I came to an interest in genealogy late in life (don't most of us, unfortunately?). The enjoyment of tracking my own roots helped prepare me for the pleasure of maintaining the Choctaw County GenWeb site since July 2001. Unfortunately the time required to maintain okchocta pretty much limits the time I can devote to my own research but it's been worth it. Not many county sites can boast of the amount of material we have here.

     Many thanks to all the contributors who have helped make okchocta what it is... THE online place for Choctaw County genealogy & history. Please join us and contribute your Choctaw County related material.... obits, photos, newspaper articles, wills, marriage records, etc. If it has something to do with Choctaw County it belongs on okchocta. You never know what seemingly insignificant piece of information you have that might just be the key to knocking down someone's brick wall. My email address is at the bottom of every page so don't hesitate to give me a shout.

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