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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
They have both Kansas and genealogy collections, and are a mostly a book and periodicals library with additional good coverage for Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky. They also have microfilms and family folders as well.<ref | They have both Kansas and genealogy collections, and are a mostly a book and periodicals library with additional good coverage for Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky. They also have microfilms and family folders as well.<ref>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><br> | ||
Johnson County marriage index 1857-1907, Johnson County obituary index, JoCoHistory Collections, JoCoHistory Digital Cemetery, Olathe Memorial Cemetery index. Acess to ''American Ancestors'' (NEHGS), Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Genealogy Connect, and HeritageQuest Online, regional newspapers, and other favorite web resources.<ref>[http://www.jocolibrary.org/research/Genealogy Genealogy] in ''Johnson County Library'' (accessed 18 February 2016).</ref> | Johnson County marriage index 1857-1907, Johnson County obituary index, JoCoHistory Collections, JoCoHistory Digital Cemetery, Olathe Memorial Cemetery index. Acess to ''American Ancestors'' (NEHGS), Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Genealogy Connect, and HeritageQuest Online, regional newspapers, and other favorite web resources.<ref>[http://www.jocolibrary.org/research/Genealogy Genealogy] in ''Johnson County Library'' (accessed 18 February 2016).</ref> | ||
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*[[Iola Public Library]], for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.<ref name="DB47" /><br> | *[[Iola Public Library]], for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.<ref name="DB47" /><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 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 | *[[Kansas Historical Society]], Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.<ref>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> | *[[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> | ||