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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Riley County Genealogical Society Library''' has pre-Civil War records that are excellent for Kansas. Early settlers are documented by obituaries, family folders, and some good indexes.<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= | The '''Riley County Genealogical Society Library''' has pre-Civil War records that are excellent for Kansas. Early settlers are documented by obituaries, family folders, and some good indexes.<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=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
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.<ref>[http://www.rileycgs.com/cpage.php?pt=9 Library Holdings] in ''Riley County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 19 February 2016).</ref> | 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.<ref>[http://www.rileycgs.com/cpage.php?pt=9 Library Holdings] in ''Riley County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 19 February 2016).</ref> | ||
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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[http://cityofmhk.com/Directory.aspx?did=25 Manhattan City Clerk] births and deaths from 1910.<ref name="HBG148">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 148. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp= | *[http://cityofmhk.com/Directory.aspx?did=25 Manhattan City Clerk] births and deaths from 1910.<ref name="HBG148">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 148. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/16/County-Clerk-Elections Riley County Clerk], Manhattan, births and deaths 1885-1886, 1892-1909.<ref name="HBG148" /> | *[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/16/County-Clerk-Elections Riley County Clerk], Manhattan, births and deaths 1885-1886, 1892-1909.<ref name="HBG148" /> | ||
*[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/190/District-Court Riley County Clerk of the District Court], Manhattan, has marriages from 1856; probate from 1857, and court records from 1859.<ref name="HBG148" /> <ref name="rdb237">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 ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp= | *[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/190/District-Court Riley County Clerk of the District Court], Manhattan, has marriages from 1856; probate from 1857, and court records from 1859.<ref name="HBG148" /> <ref name="rdb237">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 237. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref> '''Note:''' births/deaths 1892-1909 are at the [[Kansas Historical Society]].<ref name="rdb237" /> | ||
*[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/418/Register-of-Deeds Riley County Register of Deeds], Manhattan, land records since 1857, county school records, and military discharge papers.<ref name="HBG148" /> <ref name="rdb237" /> | *[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/418/Register-of-Deeds Riley County Register of Deeds], Manhattan, land records since 1857, county school records, and military discharge papers.<ref name="HBG148" /> <ref name="rdb237" /> | ||
*[http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court District of Kansas], Topeka, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases. | *[http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court District of Kansas], Topeka, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases. | ||
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