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*[[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">Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.</ref><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">Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.</ref><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>  
*[[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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref>  
*[[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]], Lincoln NE, AHSGR ancestor lists, cemeteries, homesteads, an AHSGR German hometowns list, passenger lists, obituaries, surname charts, and Russian village files.<ref>[http://www.ahsgr.org/?page=Library Research Library] in ''American Historical Society of Germans from Russia'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref>  
*[[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]], Lincoln NE, AHSGR ancestor lists, cemeteries, homesteads, an AHSGR German hometowns list, passenger lists, obituaries, surname charts, and Russian village files.<ref>[http://www.ahsgr.org/?page=Library Research Library] in ''American Historical Society of Germans from Russia'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</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>  
*[[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>  

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Johnson County Library
Johnson public library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  ask@jocolibrary.libanswers.com

Address:[2]

Central Resource Library
9875 W 87th St
Overland Park, KS 66212

Telephone:[2]  913-826-4600

Hours:[2]  Mon-Thu: 9-8; Fri: 9-6; Sat: 9-5; Sun: 1-5.

Map and public transportation:

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Johnson County Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Similar Collections

  • Iola Public Library, for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.</ref>
  • Kansas Genealogical Society, Dodge City, has the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas.</ref>. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.
  • Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.[9] Statewide births and deaths prior to 1894; City of Topeka births and deaths 1885-1912.[10]
  • 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>

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. Answers in Johnson County Library (accessed 18 February 2016).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cenral Resource Library in Johnson County Library (accessed 18 February 2016).
  3. William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Book 973 J54d.
  4. Genealogy in Johnson County Library (accessed 18 February 2016).
  5. Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
  6. Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.
  7. Research Library in American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (accessed 3 February 2016).
  8. Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.
  9. Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.
  10. Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Shawnee County (accessed 8 February 2016).
  11. 11.0 11.1 Alice Eichholz, ed., Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 235. Ancestry digital copy ($); WorldCat 55947869; FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004.
  12. Topeka Genealogical Society Library in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 4 February 2016).
  13. KDHE Office of Vital Statistics in Kansas Department of Health and Environment (accessed 4 February 2016).
  14. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DB67
  15. Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
  16. Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.
  17. Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).