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'''E-mail:'''<ref name="IPL">[http://iola.mykansaslibrary.org/ Home] in ''Iola Public Library'' (accessed 16 February 2016).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:iolaref@sekls.org iolaref@sekls.org] <br>  

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="IPL" /> &nbsp;620-365-3262<br>  

'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="IPL" /> &nbsp;Monday-Thursday, 9:30-8:00&nbsp;; Friday-Saturday, 9:00-5:00. <br>  

Their genealogy collection is good for all of Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many of the counties of Kansas.<ref name="DB47">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> For Allen County they have a marriage index, obituary index, cemetery transcripts, history, and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.allencounty.org/regdeeds_genealogy.html County Genealogy Research Resources] in ''Allen County, Kansas'' (accessed 16 February 2014).</ref>  

The library is known for its genealogy collection. The Raymond L. Willson genealogy collection contains 4300 books and 12,500 reels of censuses and newspapers on microfilm. Volunteers from the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sekgs/ Southeast Kansas Genealogy Society] are sometimes available to guide users, or you can ask for help at the library’s front desk.<ref>[http://iola.mykansaslibrary.org/?page_id=19 Services and Collections] in ''Iola Public Library'' (accessed 16 February 2016).</ref>  

*[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, vital records, land, and Indian records.<ref name="DB67">Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref>  

*[[National Orphan Train Complex]], Concordia, [http://www.orphantraindepot.com/ museum], history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database.<ref>Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.</ref>

*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sekgs/ Southeast Kansas Genealogical Society], Iola, quarterly publication, queries, cemetery transcripts, obituary and newspaper indexes.  

*[[Iola Kansas Family History Center]] offers research suggestions, and can order genealogical microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.

*[[Johnson County Library]], Overland Park, both a Kansas and a genealogy collection, mostly books, and periodicals with family folders. Also covers Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky.<ref name="DB47" />  

*[[Kansas Genealogical Society]], Dodge City, has the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas.<ref name="DB47" />. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.<br>  

*[[Kansas Historical Society]], Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.<ref name="DB47">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.</ref> Statewide births and deaths prior to 1894; City of Topeka births and deaths 1885-1912.<ref name="bmd">[https://www.snco.us/clerk/document/vital_statistics_information.pdf Births, Deaths, and Marriages] in ''Shawnee County'' (accessed 8 February 2016).</ref><br>  

*[[Wichita Public Library Genealogy Center]], has many genealogies with an emphasis mostly on books, periodicals, and special publications for southeast KS, and corners of MO, AR, and OK.<ref name="DB47" /><br>

*[http://www.cityofiola.com/clerk.html Iola City Clerk] has some birth, death, and burial records.<ref name="rdb234">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 234. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref>  

*[http://www.31stjudicialdistrict.org./11101.html Clerk of the District Court], Iola, marriages since 1856; civil, criminal, domestic, and probate records since 1860; and naturalizations 1871-1929.<ref name="HBG143">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 143. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref>  

*[[Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library]], Hays, western Kansas history, oral histories, genealogical and historical societies, Hutterites, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans.<ref name="DB47" /><br>  

*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.<ref name="DB47" /><br>  

*[[Riley County Genealogical Society Library]], Manhattan, pre-Civil War records are excellent for Kansas. Early settlers are documented by obituaries, family folders, and some good indexes.<ref name="DB47" /><br>  

*[[Topeka Genealogical Society Library]], 12,000 books, 700 periodicals strong on Shawnee County and northeast Kansas. Also includes almost every U.S. state, and many foreign nations.<ref>[http://tgstopeka.org/cpage.php?pt=10 Riley County Genealogical Society Library] in ''Riley County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><br>  

*[[Kansas State Library]], Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies.<ref name="DB47" /> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<br>  

*[[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]], Lawrence, manuscripts, photographs, maps, histories, newspapers, periodicals, film and videotapes that document the "Kansas Experience" of pioneers, railroads, and American Indians.<ref name="DB47" /> A depository for publications of Kansas and Douglas County.<br>  

*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence MO, one of America's best genealogical centers: censuses and indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. Surrounding states are well represented.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  

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