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 *[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, archives searches ($) for adoptions, and orphan train riders.<br>
 *[[New York Foundling Hospital]], can do records research for close relatives only of placed-out children.<br>
-*[[National Archives Central Plains Region (Kansas City)]], censuses, military, pensions, naturalizations, photos, for IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD; Internet access to Ancestry, Heritage Quest, and Footnote.<br>
+*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service {{amp}} pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, bounty land, homesteads, ethnic sources, prisons, fed employees.<ref name="DB2">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 2. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br>
-*[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives I], Washington, DC has [[Homestead Records|homestead applications]] for Kansas and all other states.<br>
+*[[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>
-*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.<br><br>
+*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 2.5 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.</ref><br>
 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
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 *[http://www.cloudgenealogy.com/ Cloud County Genealogical Society] newspapers, church records, censuses, plat maps, vital records, family histories, local histories at the Frank Carlson Library. <br>
 *[http://www.cloudcountyks.org/OTHEROFFICES/HistoricalSocietyMuseum/tabid/7139/Default.aspx Cloud County Historical Society Museum] has a small research collection.<br>
-*[http://www.cloudcountyks.org/CountyClerk/tabid/3771/Default.aspx Cloud County Clerk] has births, marriages, and deaths 1885-1910.
+*[http://www.cloudcountyks.org/CountyClerk/tabid/3771/Default.aspx Cloud County Clerk] has births, marriages, and deaths 1885-1910.<ref name="HBG144">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 144. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref>
-*[http://www.cloudcountyks.org/RegisterofDeeds/tabid/3780/Default.aspx Cloud County Register of Deeds], land records.<br>
+*[http://www.cloudcountyks.org/RegisterofDeeds/tabid/3780/Default.aspx Cloud County Register of Deeds], land records since 1867, and military discharges.<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><br>
-*[http://www.kscourts.org/Judicial-District-12/12dstct.htm District Court Clerk] has divorce records.<br>
+*[http://www.kscourts.org/Judicial-District-12/12dstct.htm District Court Clerk] has divorce, probate, and court records since 1865.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="rdb234" /><br>
 *[http://www.fcarlsonlib.org/ Frank Carlson Library], Concordia, houses the Cloud County Genealogical Society collection. <br>
-*Cloud County Probate Judge has probate and court records.<br>
+*[http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court District of Kansas], Kansas City, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases.
-*[[Kansas Historical Society]], Topeka, has indexes, photos, letters, diaries, newspapers, maps, censuses, vital records, family histories, land records, railroads, and county place information. <br>
+*[[Concordia Kansas Family History Center]] can offer research suggestions, and can order genealogical microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.
-*[[Kansas Department of Health and Environment|Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment]], Topeka, births/deaths since 1911; marriages since 1913.<br>
+*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Clay County, Kansas Genealogy|Clay]], [[Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy|Jewell]], [[Mitchell County, Kansas Genealogy|Mitchell]], [[Ottawa County, Kansas Genealogy|Ottawa]], [[Republic County, Kansas Genealogy|Republic]], and [[Washington County, Kansas Genealogy|Washington]].
-*[[Kansas Genealogical Society]], Dodge City, 15,000 books, vital records, cemeteries, censuses, and computer databases focused mostly on Kansas.<br>
+*[[Iola Public Library]], for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.<ref name="DB47" /><br>
-*[[Topeka Genealogical Society Library]], 10,000 books, 700 periodicals, strongest for NE Kansas and Shawnee County.<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>
-*[[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]], Lincoln, NE, has Russian geography info, church records, civil records, maps, family histories, photos, and surname charts, newspapers, U.S. arrival lists.<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>
-*[[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]], Lawrence, government records, maps, newspapers, periodicals, Kansas and Douglas County history especially 1854-1861, and overland trails.<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>
-*[[Iola Public Library]], Iola, Kansas, 4000 genealogy books, 12,500 microfilms, help from genealogist volunteers, and access to HeritageQuest Online.<br><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>
+*[[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 Department of Health and Environment]], Topeka, since 1911 births, stillbirths, deaths; since 1913 marriages; and since 1951 divorce records issued for a fee only to immediate family members or representatives.<ref>[http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html KDHE Office of Vital Statistics] in ''Kansas Department of Health and Environment'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><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>
+*[http://www.archkck.org/page.aspx?pid=575 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archives] baptism, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.
+*[http://www.greatplainsumc.org/archivesandhistory Kansas United Methodist Archives], Baker University, Baldwin City, church records, newspapers, manuscripts, memoirs, obituaries, archives, reports.
+*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Colorado Archives and Libraries|Colorado]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], and [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]].
+*[[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>
+*[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br>
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