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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''E-mail:'''<ref name="FL">[http://www.fhsu.edu/library/ Forsyth Library] in ''Fort Hays State Universty'' (accessed 18 February 2016).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:refserv@fhsu.edu refserv@fhsu.edu] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="FL">[http://www.fhsu.edu/library/ Forsyth Library] in ''Fort Hays State Universty'' (accessed 18 February 2016).</ref> [mailto:refserv@fhsu.edu refserv@fhsu.edu] <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="FL" />  
'''Address:'''<ref name="FL" />  
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:502 South Campus Drive<br>Hays KS 67601<br><br>
:502 South Campus Drive<br>Hays KS 67601<br><br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="FL" /> &nbsp;785-628-5283 <br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="FL" /> 785-628-5283 <br>  


'''Hours:'''<ref name="FL" /> &nbsp;Sun 1pm-12am, Mon-Thu 7:30am-12am, Fri 7:30am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm.<br>  
'''Hours:'''<ref name="FL" /> Sun 1pm-12am, Mon-Thu 7:30am-12am, Fri 7:30am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm.<br>  


'''Google map:&nbsp;''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Forsyth+Library/@38.8738029,-99.3460814,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87a1798dd9762b6f:0x71b5d68a548fb5a9 FHSU Forsyth Library]  
'''Google map: ''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Forsyth+Library/@38.8738029,-99.3460814,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87a1798dd9762b6f:0x71b5d68a548fb5a9 FHSU Forsyth Library]  


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


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">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>  
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>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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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, museum, history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database.  
*[[Hays Kansas Family History Center]] can offer research suggestions, and can order genealogical microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.
*[[Hays Kansas FamilySearch Center]] can offer research suggestions, and can order genealogical microfilms from the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] in Salt Lake City.


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<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.
*[[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> A depository for publications of Kansas and Douglas County.


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.haysusa.com/html/city_clerk.html Hays City Clerk] has some municipal records.  
*[http://www.haysusa.com/html/city_clerk.html Hays City Clerk] has some municipal records.  
*[http://www.ellisco.net/index.aspx?NID=93 Ellis County Clerk], Hays, births 1886-1911, marriages since 1868, and deaths 1885-1912.<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> <ref name="rdb235">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 235. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref>  
*[http://www.ellisco.net/index.aspx?NID=93 Ellis County Clerk], Hays, births 1886-1911, marriages since 1868, and deaths 1885-1912.<ref name="HBG144">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 144. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> <ref name="rdb235">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 235. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref>  
*[http://www.23rdjudicial.org/Ellis/Contact%20Ellis.html Ellis County Clerk of the District Court], Hays, has divorces, civil, criminal, naturalization, and probate records.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="rdb235" />  
*[http://www.23rdjudicial.org/Ellis/Contact%20Ellis.html Ellis County Clerk of the District Court], Hays, has divorces, civil, criminal, naturalization, and probate records.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="rdb235" />  
*[http://www.ellisco.net/index.aspx?nid=100 Ellis County Register of Deeds], Hays, land records since 1871, county school records, and military discharge papers.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="rdb235" />  
*[http://www.ellisco.net/index.aspx?nid=100 Ellis County Register of Deeds], Hays, land records since 1871, county school records, and military discharge papers.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="rdb235" />  
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*[http://www2.youseemore.com/hays/ Hays Public Library] includes a Kansas local history room.  
*[http://www2.youseemore.com/hays/ Hays Public Library] includes a Kansas local history room.  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties''''' [[Barton County, Kansas Genealogy|Barton]], [[Graham County, Kansas Genealogy|Graham]], [[Ness County, Kansas Genealogy|Ness]], [[Osborne County, Kansas Genealogy|Osborne]], [[Rooks County, Kansas Genealogy|Rooks]], [[Rush County, Kansas Genealogy|Rush]], [[Russell County, Kansas Genealogy|Russell]], and [[Trego County, Kansas Genealogy|Trego]].  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties''''' [[Barton County, Kansas Genealogy|Barton]], [[Graham County, Kansas Genealogy|Graham]], [[Ness County, Kansas Genealogy|Ness]], [[Osborne County, Kansas Genealogy|Osborne]], [[Rooks County, Kansas Genealogy|Rooks]], [[Rush County, Kansas Genealogy|Rush]], [[Russell County, Kansas Genealogy|Russell]], and [[Trego County, Kansas Genealogy|Trego]].  
*[[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><br>  
*[[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.<ref name="DB47" />  
*[[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.</ref>  
*[[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>. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.<br>  
*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.<ref name="DB47" /><br>  
*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.</ref><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>  
*[[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>  
*[[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.<ref name="DB47" /><br>  
*[[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.</ref><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 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka Genealogical Society'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><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 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka Genealogical Society'' (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" /> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<br>  
*[[Kansas State Library]], Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies.</ref> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<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>  
*[[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>  
*[[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><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.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.  
*[http://www.greatplainsumc.org/archivesandhistory Kansas United Methodist Archives], Baker University, Baldwin City, church records, newspapers, manuscripts, memoirs, obituaries, archives, reports.  
*[https://www.bethelks.edu/community/affiliate-organizations/mennonite-library-and-archives/ Mennonite Library and Archives], Bethel College, Newton, Mennonite-related books, periodicals, and genealogical materials.<br>  
*[https://www.bethelks.edu/community/affiliate-organizations/mennonite-library-and-archives/ Mennonite Library and Archives], Bethel College, Newton, Mennonite-related books, periodicals, and genealogical materials.<br>  
*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]].  
*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>  
*[[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> <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>
*[[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>



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Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library
Forsyth Library

Contact Information

E-mail:[1] refserv@fhsu.edu

Address:[1]

502 South Campus Drive
Hays KS 67601

Telephone:[1] 785-628-5283

Hours:[1] Sun 1pm-12am, Mon-Thu 7:30am-12am, Fri 7:30am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

Google map: FHSU Forsyth Library

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description

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.[2]

Alternate Repositories

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Similar Collections

  • 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> A depository for publications of Kansas and Douglas County.

Neighboring Collections

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Forsyth Library in Fort Hays State Universty (accessed 18 February 2016).
  2. William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Book 973 J54d.
  3. Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
  4. Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.
  5. Research Library in American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (accessed 3 February 2016).
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 144. WorldCat 812163213; FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 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; FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004.
  8. Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.
  9. Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Shawnee County (accessed 8 February 2016).
  10. Topeka Genealogical Society Library in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 4 February 2016).
  11. KDHE Office of Vital Statistics in Kansas Department of Health and Environment (accessed 4 February 2016).
  12. Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
  13. Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.
  14. Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).