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| {{TOC right}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Kansas.
| | '''Kansas State Historical Society'''<br>6425 SW Sixth Avenue<br>Topeka, KS 66615-1099<br>Telephone: 913-272-8681 Ext. 117<br>Fax: 913-272-8682 <br>Internet: http://www.kshs.org/ |
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| === Online Records ===
| | The Kansas State Historical Society has several important facilities for genealogists. The Reference Library houses printed materials and the Department of Archives maintains original records of Kansas government jurisdictions, newspapers, and other historical documents. The Manuscript Department has unpublished papers, maps, and photographs. |
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| <div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>{{DCfollowup}} | | '''National Archives—Central Plains Region'''<br>2312 East Bannister Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64131<br>Telephone: 816-926-6934<br>Fax: 816-926-6982<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/ |
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| === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Kansas ===
| | '''Kansas Genealogical Society, Inc.<br>'''P.O. Box 103<br>Dodge City, KS 67801<br>Telephone: 316-225-1951 <br>Internet: http://www.dodgecity.net/kgs/ |
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| [[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Kansas City]]{{·}} [[National Orphan Train Complex]]{{·}} [[Kansas Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Kansas State Library]]{{·}} [[Kansas Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Kansas Department of Health and Environment]]{{·}} [[Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library]]{{·}} [[Iola Public Library]]{{·}} [[Johnson County Library]]{{·}} [[Kansas Heritage Center]]{{·}} [[Riley County Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Topeka Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]]{{·}} [[Wichita Public Library Genealogy Center]]{{·}} [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]]{{·}} [[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]]
| | '''Kansas State Library'''<br>State Capitol Building<br>Room 343 N<br>300 SW 10th<br>Topeka, KS 66612-1593<br>Telephone: 913-296-3296<br>Fax: 913-296-6650 <br>Internet: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/ |
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| === National ===
| | '''University of Kansas'''<br>Spencer Research Library—Kansan Collections<br>Lawrence, KS 66045-2800<br>Telephone: 913-864-4274<br>Fax: 913-864-5803 <br>Internet: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/sc/newamericanpoetry.shtml |
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| [[Image:Germans from Russia Museum Lincoln, NE.JPG|right|250px|Germans from Russia Museum Lincoln, NE]]'''[[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]]'''<br>631 D St<br>Lincoln, NE 68502<br>Telephone: 402-474-3363<br>[mailto:ahsgr@ahsgr.org/ Email]<br>[http://www.ahsgr.org/ Website]<br>
| | To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Kansas counties, use the 14 inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are at the Family History Library. |
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| :This is an international organization dedicated to the history, cultural heritage, and genealogy of Germanic settlers in the Russian Empire and their descendants. Their library collection holds AHSGR ancestor lists, cemetery lists, homestead papers, an AHSGR German hometowns list, passenger lists, obituaries, surname charts, Russian village files, and Karl Stumpp's Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862.
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| | === Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards === |
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| [http://www.kshs.org/p/genealogy-indexes/18943 '''Kansas Historical Society'''] Help find your ancestors, state census, biographies, marriages, death and more.<br><br>
| | Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers: |
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| [[Image:FamilySearch Library.jpg|right|250px|FamilySearch Library.jpg]]'''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]'''<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-2331<br>Fax: 801-240-1584<br>[mailto:fhl@ldschurch.org/ Email]<br>[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/search Website]<br><br>
| | *Locate other researchers |
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| :They have 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many '''Kansas''' microfilms are also available at branch '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers] ''''' in local church buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and described in their online [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]].<ref name="DB1">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 1. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
| | You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Kansas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. |
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| [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|250px|National Archives and Records Administration.jpg]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone 1-866-272-6272<br> Fax: 301-837-0483<br>[http://archives.gov/ Website]<br>[http://www.archives.gov/contact/ Email]
| | Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites: |
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| :Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br>
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| [[Image:Kansas-city3-l.jpg|right|250px|Kansas-city3-l.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Kansas City]]'''<br>400 West Pershing Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64108<br>Telephone: 816-268-8000<br>[http://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/ Website]<br>[mailto:kansascity.archives@nara.gov/ Email]<br>
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| | A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country. |
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| The National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri has the records of regional federal offices for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, including the following:
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| :*Federal naturalization records including [http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html A-files]
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| :*Bureau of Indian Affairs and other American Indian records
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| :*Copies of federal census, military, and immigration records<br><br>
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| [[Image:OrphanTrainMuseumOpening.jpg|right|250px|OrphanTrainMuseumOpening]]'''[[National Orphan Train Complex]]'''<br>300 Washington St.<br>PO Box 322<br>Concordia, KS 66901<br>Telephone: 785-243-4471<br>[https://www.orphantraindepot.org/ Website]<br> Email: [mailto:info@orphantraindepot.org info@orphantraindepot.org]<br>
| | A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list. |
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| :History of the orphan train movement 1853-1930, stories of the children, photos, artifacts, 66 volumes (20,000 records) of orphan train
| | For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section. |
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| [[Image:Kshs.jpg|right|250px|Kshs.jpg]]'''[[Kansas Historical Society]]'''<br>6425 SW Sixth Avenue<br>Topeka, KS 66615-1099<br>Telephone: 1-913-272-8681 Ext. 117<br>Fax: 1-913-272-8682 <br>[http://www.kshs.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:information@kshs.org/ Email]<br><br>
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| :This is 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><br><br>
| | The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources. |
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| [[Image:Kansas Statehouse 2015.jpg|right|160px|Kansas Statehouse 2015.jpg]]'''[[Kansas State Library]]'''<br>Capitol Building, Room 312-N<br>Topeka, KS 66612<br>Telephone: 785-296-3296<br>[http://kslib.info/ Website]<br>E-[mailto:infodesk@library.ks.gov/ Email]<br><br>
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| :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><br>
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| '''[[Kansas Genealogical Society]]'''<br>Mail: P.O. Box 103<br>Street: 2601 Central Avenue<br>Dodge City, KS 67801<br>Telephone: 620-225-1951<br>[http://www.kgs-genlibrary.com/ Website]<br>[mailto:kgslibrary@gmail.com/ Email]
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| :They have the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas.<ref name="DB47" /> The society was founded to preserve genealogical, biographical, historical and educational data relating to the ancestry of society members and the founders of our country. It offers various online collections such as:
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| '''[[Kansas Department of Health and Environment]]'''<br>1000 SW Jackson<br>Topeka, Kansas 66612<br>Telephone: 785-296-1400<br>[http://www.kdheks.gov/ Website] <br>[mailto:Vitaldkdheks.gov/ Email]<br>
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| *Kansas vital records: births<br>
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| *Stillbirths and deaths since 1911<br>
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| *Marriages since 1913<br>
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| *Divorce records since 1951<br>They are issued for a fee only to immediate family members or representatives.<ref>[http://www.kdheks.gov/ Website] in ''Kansas Department of Health and Environment'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref>
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| '''[[Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library]]'''<br>502 South Campus Drive<br>Hays KS 67601<br>Telephone: 785-628-4434<br>[http://www.fhsu.edu/library/ Website]<br> [mailto:refserv@fhsu.edu/ Email]<br>
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| :Their '''Western Collection''' includes western Kansas history, oral histories, a great genealogical collection from local genealogical and historical societies, and many denominational sources for Hutterites, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans.<ref name="DB47" /><br><br>
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| '''[[Iola Public Library]]'''<br>218 E Madison Ave<br>Iola, KS 66749<br>Telephone: 620-365-3262<br>[http://iola.mykansaslibrary.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:iolaref@sekls.org/ Email]
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| :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" /><br><br>
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| '''[[Johnson County Library]]'''<br>Central Resource Library<br>9875 W 87th St<br>Overland Park, KS 66212<br>Telephone: 913-826-4600<br>[http://www.jocolibrary.org/locations/ Website]<br>[mailto:ask@jocolibrary.libanswers.com/ Email]
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| :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.<br>
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| :Also included in this library are Johnson County marriage index 1857-1907, Johnson County obituary index, JoCoHistory Collections, JoCoHistory Digital Cemetery, Olathe Memorial Cemetery index. Access to American Ancestors (NEHGS), Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Genealogy Connect, and HeritageQuest Online, regional newspapers, and other favorite web resources.
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| '''[[Kansas Heritage Center]]'''<br>Mail: PO Box 1207<br>Street: 1000 N 2nd Ave<br>Dodge City KS 67801-1207<br>Telephone: 620-227-1616<br>Fax: 620-227-1701<br>[https://www.dcpl.info/kansas-heritage-center Website]<br>[mailto:library@ksheritage.org/ Email]
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| :The Kansas Heritage Center is a social studies resource center operated through Unified School District 443 in Dodge City, Kansas. Their emphasis is history — especially the history of Kansas, the Great Plains and the Old West. They have a research library of books, microfilm, and vertical file materials.
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| '''[[Riley County Genealogical Society Library]]'''<br>2005 Claflin Road<br>Manhattan, Kansas 66502-3415<br>Telephone: 785-565-6495<br>[http://rileycgs.com/ Website ]<br>[mailto:info@rileycgs.com/ Email]
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| :The RCGS Library has 1175 genealogies especially for Riley County, county-city-town-church and other local histories, computer and microfilm censuses including the KS agricultural schedules, and 1855 territorial census, county probate records 1856-1939, newspaper abstracts for Riley and surrounding counties, and material for nearly all Kansas counties, most states, and many foreign countries.
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| '''[[Topeka Genealogical Society Library]]'''<br>Mail: P.O. Box 4048<br>Street: 2717 SE Indiana Ave.<br>Topeka, KS 66604-0048<br>Telephone: 785-233-5762<br>[http://tgstopeka.org/ Email]<br>[http://tgstopeka.org/ Website]
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| :They have 12,000 books, 700 periodical titles that are strong on Shawnee County and northeastern Kansas. Includes almost every U.S. state, and many foreign nations. Shawnee county resources: probate, naturalization, and tax records. Computers and high-speed wireless Internet access are available. Most material can be checked-out to TGS members. Staffed by experienced volunteers.[http://www.tgstopeka.org/cpage.php?pt=10 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka <br><br>
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| '''[[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]]'''<br>1450 Poplar Lane<br>Lawrence, KS 66045-2800<br>Telephone: 913-864-4334<br>Fax: 913-864-5803<br>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/sc/newamericanpoetry.shtml/ Website]<br>[mailto:ksrlref@ku.edu/ Email]
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| :The Kansas Collection includes primary source materials that document the history of Kansas and the region. There are manuscripts, photographs, maps, histories, newspapers, periodicals, film and videotapes that document the "Kansas Experience" including pioneers, railroads, and American Indians.<ref name="DB47" /> It is also a depository for publications of the state of Kansas and for Douglas County records. Most of their holdings cover the territorial period 1854-1861.<br><br>
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| '''[[Wichita Public Library Genealogy Center]]'''<br> 223 S. Main<br>Wichita, KS 67202<br>Telephone: 316-261-8509 (Genealogy and Local History)<br> [http://wichitalibrary.org/ Website]<br>
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| :The '''Kansas and Local History''' collection has many genealogies. Their emphasis is mostly books, periodicals, and special publications for southeast Kansas, and corners of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.<ref name="DB47" />
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| '''[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]]'''<br>[[Image:Midwest Genealogy Center 1.jpg|right|250px|Midwest Genealogy Center 1.jpg]]3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>Independence, MO 64055-1923<br>Telephone: 816-836-5200<br>Fax: 816-521-7253 <br>[http://www.mymcpl.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us/ Email]
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| :One of America's most complete genealogical centers including censuses and indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. Surrounding states including '''Kansas''' are well represented.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> The [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center|Mid-Continent Public Library]] shares its genealogical materials through interlibrary loan.<br>
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| [[Image:Kansas City Public Library Central Branch.jpg|right|250px|Kansas City Public Library Central Branch.jpg]]'''[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]]'''<br>Central Library<br>14 W. 10th Street, 5th Floor<br>Kansas City, MO 64105<br>Telephone: 816-701-3427<br>Fax: 816-701-3401<br>[http://www.kclibrary.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:lhistory@kclibrary.org/ Email]<br><br>
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| :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. They also provide information on vital records research, adoption search resources, how-to-do obituary searching, African Americans, American Indians, the American Civil War, explorers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and the Overland Trail.[3]
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| :Librarians began collecting genealogical materials almost from the beginning of the Library, but in 1933, a donation of the vast personal genealogical library of lumber baron John Barber White greatly enhanced the collection. Resources continued to be added. Of note are the many now out-of-print nineteenth-century histories of counties in the Midwest, specific family histories, and many genealogical periodicals beginning in the late 1800s.
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