Kansas Genealogy

Kansas genealogy sites with surnames, lookups, marriage records, census sites, biographies, death records, military, and libraries to help with your Kansas genealogy research in your search for your ancestors.   Search our Marriage Records Database for Kansas marriage records.
  

• Wichita Eagle and Beacon  Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society has a number of scrapbooks in their library that contain obituaries cut from The Wichita Eagle and Beacon
    

History

• Images of Kansas City  
    
• The Kansas Heritage Archives  Devoted to digitally preserving Kansas' past, giving future generations the opportunity to learn about and from family and local history. Users can browse through information covering a wide variety of topics related to Kansas history and also receive information on how to contribute to the archive itself 
    
• Orphan Trains of Kansas   Beginning in 1854, charitable institutions in New York City began sending orphans on trains to the west to find new families, feeling that the children would fare better out west than on the streets of New York. Orphan trains arrived in Kansas between 1867 and 1930, and some 5000-6000 children were placed in Kansas homes.....
    
• William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas  First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL  Online book.

Libraries

• Johnson County Library - Shawnee Mission KS
    
• Kansas City Public Library
    
• The Mennonite Library and Archives (MLA)   Operated by Bethel College for the General Conference Mennonite Church. The purpose of the MLA is to collect, preserve, and make available personal papers, documents, periodicals, and books related to Mennonites studies
    
• The Midwest Historical and Genealogical Library  Located at 1203 North Main, Wichita, KS is the largest Society owned library in the state.  MHGS holdings include over 18,000 volumes and issues of books, magazines, manuscripts and collections
    

Marriages

• Kansas Marriages  posted by our visitors

Military

• Kansas in the Civil War  Find information about Kansas in the Civil War including rosters and regimental history.
    
• Members of 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company K  Roster of Civil War Soldiers 
    

Native American

• History of The Wyandot Nation of Kansas  Contains extensive information about the Wyandot Nation
    
• Potawatomi Web   Potawatomi Web containsPotawatomi history and language. Links to various Potawatomi Bands can be obtained at that site as well as snail-mail addresses. A muster roll and partial journal kept during the 1838 Removal from Indiana to Kansas are also onsite as are samples of Potawatomi beadwork and ribbonwork
    

People

• Kansas Surname Queries Be sure to add your surnames!
    
• Kansas Biographies
    
• The Kansas Pioneers List  (KPL) is a compilation of settlers sent (e-mailed) directly from networkers doing genealogical and historical research that they are willing to disclose. The list currently contains many names and continues to grow as more computer users and historians become aware of its existence.
    
• 1921 Membership List - Hypatia Wichita,  Kansas   Contains the names of members of this Wichita Kansas organization.
      
• Kansas Genealogy Data  Find online data.
    
• Registration of German Alien Enemies 1918 Newton, Harvey County, Kansas  A Presidential Proclamation during World War I required "all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of the German Empire" age 14 and older who were "within the United States" to register as "alien enemies."  This site contains a list of those who were registered in Newton. 
    

Other Kansas Genealogy Resources

Kansas Maps

• Kansas Maps from the University of Texas Library

Queries

• Free Genealogy Queries 

Charts and Resources

•  Free Charts, Forms, and More

Online Books, E-Books, Books on CD, and Other Books Available

• A Visit Through the Eyes  of Old Topeka  Online Book

• "Overland Stage to California"  1901 by F. A. Root and Wm. Connelley -  Online Book

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