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Kansas

Shawnee County

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Topeka Genealogical Society Library

Topeka Genealogical Society Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:^[1] Contact Emailer form

Address:^[1] ^[2]

Mail: P.O. Box 4048

Street: 2717 SE Indiana Ave

Topeka, KS 66604-0048

Telephone:^[2] 785-233-5762

Hours and holidays:^[2] Mon, Wed, Thu: 1-4pm and Sat: 10am-3pm. Closed holidays and holiday weekends.

Map and public transportation:

Google map: Topeka Genealogical Society Library
Public transportation: The Topeka Metro bus route 4 California stops near 29th and Indiana; and bus route 5 Indiana stops on Indiana a few blocks from the TGS Library.

Internet sites and databases:

Topeka Genealogical Society events, newsletter, country resources, publications, research aids, assistance, membership, forum, links, surname boards, and queries.
Topeka Genealogical Society Library collection description, contact info, and images.
Library Catalog online. Search by subject or location.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

12,000 books, 700 periodical titles 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. Non-member visitors are encouraged to support the library with a donation.^[2]

Guide[edit | edit source]

Guide to Genealogical Research in Shawnee County well done list of record types and repositories.

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

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

Overlapping Collections

National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, bounty land, homesteads, ethnic sources, prisons, fed employees.^[3]
National Archives at Kansas City federal censuses 1790–1930; military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, vital records, land, and Indian records.^[4]

Similar Collections

Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.^[5]
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.^[5]

Neighboring Collections

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.^[6]
Kansas State Library, Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies.^[5] This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.
Shawnee County Clerk, Topeka, births and deaths 1894-1911; marriages 1856-1906.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Shawnee County Court Clerk, Topeka, marriages 1856-1906; probate records since 1859; court records since 1858.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Shawnee County Register of Deeds, Topeka, land records since 1855.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Shawnee County Coroner, Topeka, suspicious deaths.
Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka, meetings, talks, socials, publications.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, obituary index 1800s-1934^[7], genealogy room, local history room, city directories, and yearbooks.
U.S. District Court District of Kansas, Topeka, recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases.
Repositories in surrounding counties: Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee.
Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library, Hays, western Kansas history, oral histories, genealogical and historical societies, Hutterites, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans.^[5]
Iola Public Library, for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.^[5]
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.^[5]
Kansas Heritage Center, Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, & the Old West.^[5]
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.^[5]
Kansas Genealogical Society, Dodge City, has the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas.^[5]. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.
National Orphan Train Complex, Concordia, museum, history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database.^[10]
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.^[5] A depository for publications of Kansas and Douglas County.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archives baptism, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.
Kansas United Methodist Archives, Baker University, Baldwin City, church records, newspapers, manuscripts, memoirs, obituaries, archives, reports.
Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, Newton, Mennonite-related books, periodicals, and genealogical materials.
Repositories in surrounding states: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
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.^[11]
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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[12]
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.^[13] ^[14]
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> ^[15]

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Contact Us in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 9 February 2016).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Topeka Genealogical Society Library in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 9 February 2016).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 ^5.9 Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.
↑ KDHE Office of Vital Statistics in Kansas Department of Health and Environment (accessed 4 February 2016).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Shawnee County (accessed 8 February 2016).
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 149. WorldCat 812163213; FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Alice Eichholz, ed., Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 237. Ancestry digital copy ($); WorldCat 24372922; FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004.
↑ Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.
↑ Research Library in American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (accessed 3 February 2016).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.
↑ Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
↑ Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).

[CU-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Contact Us in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 9 February 2016).

[Lib-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Topeka Genealogical Society Library in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 9 February 2016).

[DB2-3] Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.

[4] Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.

[DB47-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 ^5.8 ^5.9 Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.

[6] KDHE Office of Vital Statistics in Kansas Department of Health and Environment (accessed 4 February 2016).

[bmd-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Shawnee County (accessed 8 February 2016).

[HBG-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 149. WorldCat 812163213; FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999.

[Red237-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Alice Eichholz, ed., Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 237. Ancestry digital copy ($); WorldCat 24372922; FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004.

[10] Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.

[11] Research Library in American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (accessed 3 February 2016).

[12] Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.

[DB4767-13] Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.

[SC-14] Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).

[15] Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).

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 *[[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>
 *[[Kansas State Library]], Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies.<ref name="DB47">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.</ref> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<br>
-*[https://www.snco.us/clerk/ Shawnee County Clerk], Topeka, births and deaths 1894-1911; marriages 1856-1906.<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> <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 149. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> <ref name="Red237">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 237. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|24372922}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref><br>
+*[https://www.snco.us/clerk/ Shawnee County Clerk], Topeka, births and deaths 1894-1911; marriages 1856-1906.<ref name="bmd">[https://www.snco.us/clerk/document/vital_statistics_information.pdf Births, Deaths, and Marriages] in ''Shawnee County'' (accessed 8 February 2016).</ref> <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 149. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> <ref name="Red237">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 237. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|24372922}}; {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref><br>
 *[http://www.shawneecourt.org/Directory.aspx?DID=5 Shawnee County Court Clerk], Topeka, marriages 1856-1906; probate records since 1859; court records since 1858.<ref name="bmd" /> <ref name="HBG" /> <ref name="Red237" />
 *[http://www.snco.us/rd/ Shawnee County Register of Deeds], Topeka, land records since 1855.<ref name="bmd" /> <ref name="HBG" /> <ref name="Red237" />