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State History and Research The Information Network of Kansas, INK, established Kansas as "the birthplace of eGovernment" in 1990, but "Vital records in Kansas are not public records", kdheks.gov. So the internet pioneer site of KansasHeritage.org covers on-line Kansas genealogy and history.
* Kansas history, Open Directory * Historical Places, National Register of Historic Places * Official State Site, Kansas.gov * Kansas Collection kancoll.org with search * Digital Library of the KSGenWeb skyways.lib.ks.us	* On-line Book: History of the State of Kansas Cutler, kancoll * State History kansasheritage.org * Research Kansas Interactive Genealogy, USgenealogy, TravelLifeHistory.com * KSGenWeb * Kansas State Historical Society kshs.org * Search Public Records - FREE Preview Search., US Search

Researching Kansas family history on-line

Family Surname Searches	Kansas SURNAME List (more surnames, some queries) Kansas ADOPTIONS Kansas state database, Ancestry.com of older KS births, books (Kansas and Kansans, vols 1-5), burials, censuses, Civil War soldiers, deaths, directories, election lists, marriage licenses, newspapers, obituaries, school directories, settlers, and voter registrations. Not all counties included, and some search results are available only with subscription through Ancestry.com. Other state databases, Ancestry.com and more state databases
Living People Searches	Search Reunion.com with over 35 million registered users in the US and Canada Search for addresses, living and deceased people, phone numbers
Kansas family DNA studies	DNA testing can prove your ethnic heritage, such as Native American Genealogy research using Family Tree DNA tests for various surnames DNA study including MADDOX/ MADDUX families of Kansas DNA study including GEORGE families of Kansas More surname studies: Family Tree DNA Surname Projects
Kansas Families TIP: When searches require subscriptions, you may be able to access them from your local library	Kansas FAMILIES (family histories) Kansas COUSINS (family histories) Kansas PIONEERS (pre-1885 Kansan residents) Kansas Family Group Sheets - add your info More at Books, below
Kansas ETHNIC groups:	Native Americans        Native Americans of Kansas   Native American genealogy & history research        White Feather Spring, Shawnee Tribe, Wyandotte Co KS African-Americans        Blacks of Nicodemus (Graham Co.) plus early settlers and history        Nicodemus in the African-American Mosaic        African American History and Culture, American Memory        19th Century African Americans: family history queries        US Civil War Colored Troups Queries        AfriGeneas: African Ancestred Genealogy        American Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactment Associations' Lists Scottish Americans        McPherson Scottish Festival (McPherson, KS) Swedish Americans        Swedish Connection in Kansas
Kansas TOWNS	Kansas Genealogy Links (KSGenWeb) Kansas USGenWeb Project (counties, archives, etc) Town, County, Map, and Travel searches Phone, address, and people searches Calendar of Genealogy and Historical Events post free, read free KS, MO, OH counties (from Yahoo) Poorhouses in Kansas Supply an address and get a map: Map Blast
Kansas Counties	Kansas interactive map of counties, Kansas Towns Kansas Community Network (by counties) Read and share information with other family researchers: Kansas Forums BY COUNTY (see above) County & state feature search: USGS - streams, cemeteries, schools, lakes, trails Census searches

Kansas History Books and Sites
* Kansas Library Services
* Find Your Family Name in Historical Documents, Footnote

Blackmar's Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History (1912)

Pioneers Project Site

The Andreas History of the State of Kansas Cutler, Wm. G. (1883)

Pioneer History of Kansas Roenigk

*Kansas History Web Sites

Search * Ancestry.com for books and databases:

Kansas and Kansans: Vol 1 , Vol 2 , Vol 3 , Vol 4 , Vol 5 KS Marriage Index 1854-73 KS Voter Registration Lists, 1854-56 Dawes Commission Index, 1896 Iowa Progressive Men

Other Online Book Stores:

* Kansas On-Line Bookstore * Amazon.com: Kansas history books * Amazon.com: KS travel books * Interactive Genealogy * Footnote: search historical documents

Online Library Questia specializes in on-line research by subscription, including Kansas history. With Flash 6, you can take an interactive tour of the library.	*KanColl On-line Books including The Andreas History of the State of Nebraska Cutler, Wm. G. (1882)	*KSGenWeb On-line Book Transcriptions including county histories, such as * 1912 Biographical History of Barton County, Kansas * A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans * Digital Library of the KSGenWeb Project
Buying and selling genealogy and history books	Gen-Books forum - email group: subscribe then post books for sale or your want list Genealogy Book and Program Store for genealogy, history, travel (Interactive Genealogy) A Kansas Book Store: history, travel, Civil War, Santa Fe Trail book searches Free Book Search Page for used and out-of-print books

Yahoo Discussion Groups:

BY LOCATION: * Kansas Heritage * Common Kin of Central Kansas * Brainerd, KS * Crawford Co KS Cemeteries * Lincoln Township, Crawford Co KS * Olathe, KS * Pittsburg, KS * Stilwell, KS * Shawnee County, KS * Wichita, KS BY FAMILY: * Kansas Genealogy * Bernritter * Kempster * Neuschwanger * Tuthill * Wallace BY HISTORY: * Kansas Metal Detecting * Kansas Railroads * KATY Railroad * Santa Fe Trail MORE: * Kansas family groups * Kansas groups
	Pictures of Kansas: Kansas CountyCam Kansas eCards add pictures to your email Additional eCard Index
	Kansas Historical & Genealogical Societies The Kansas State Historical Society and some of its resources KSHS's Kansas library card catalog biographical information can be queried at: Referenc@hspo.wpo.state.ks.us       Find KSHS at 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66612       Kansas Census Indexes: 1855-1930 (more on census, below) Halstead Heritage Museum and Depot Kansas Museums Organization Lists of KS History, Old West, Kansas museums More Kansas museums Leavenworth County Historical Society Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society with research policies Topeka Genealogy Society
On-Line Kansas Maps	Carrie's Kansas Collection (on-line maps, books, articles, census, history)       Old Kansas Maps Interactive County Map, KansasTowns.us Travel and Historical Map Collections
Vital Records Missouri has on-line Birth & Death records	Kansas vital records        Vital Statistics office, Topeka: (913) 296-1400        9am to 4pm weekdays Kansas Will Testators Indexes (Samuelsen) Search Public Records - FREE Preview Search.
Kansas Cemeteries	Locations of Kansas cemeteries (GNIS search) Kansas National Cemeteries & Veteran's Administration facilities Kansas Cemeteries: Interment.net * Rootsweb Barber County, KS (McClellan) Kansas Cemetery Inscription Search Find A Grave of famous Kansans Kansas Cemeteries (Reid) Kansas National Cemeteries & Veteran's Administration facilities
Newspaper Searches:	Current Kansas obituaries:       * Kansas City Star * Topeka Capital Journal * Wichita Eagle Search Historical Newspaper Collections through Ancestry.com
More On-Line Searches: Keywords, LookUp Volunteers, Military, Census, Other Sites
On-Line Searches Keywords through Google Images through Google News through Google Check "cached" for older versions	Keyword searches * Address & People searches * Map searches * More searches OPEN DIRECTORY: Kansas, Kansas history, Kansas genealogy Kansas Surname List, Snyder and Maier
Look-up volunteers	LOOK-UP volunteers and professionals in Kansas and volunteer projects (Cyndi's List) Kansas county sites may have volunteers available (KSGenWeb) Look-up volunteers may have registered by name (KS Surnames) Cyndi's Kansas Sites (Howells) Genealogy in Kansas (Everton) Ghostchaser (D. Taylor) KSLinks Index Page (Zell) KS American Local History Network (ALHN) Kansas Resources (KS links, surname search from Roots-L)
	USA Military Searches First Kansas Volunteer Infantry Kansans in the Civil War (Grier) Civil War (KS GenWeb Project) KS WWII Casualties VietNam veteran links The Wall POW-MIA Search KS Viet Nam
	Census searches, USA, 1790-1930 Searchable Census records Index of Voters, 1855 Kansas Census (KSGenWeb) Kansas Census Microfilm Guide (KSHS) for inter-library loan Kansas Census Project
2000 Census: FAQ Advertising Overview News Releases Kansas census data 1990 census and more historical data
Comprehensive genealogy sites	Source List for Genealogy Research Genealogy Web-Ring sites
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and Genealogy	Kansas Area Pictures * The Kaw River * eCard pictures of Missouri Descendants of the Expedition * Original members of the Corps of Discovery * Descendants participating in the Discovery Expedition (official site), 2003-6 * Reunion planned, Austoria, OR (Aug 2004) * MSNBC and * St. Louis Today articles * George Rogers Clark * The Clark family line * Meriwether Clark Descendants of Native American contacts * Tribal Nations in Kansas * Otoe Nation documents donated to Oklahoma Historical Society. The tribe lived along the Missouri from southern Nebraska north, before being resettled in Oklahoma. * Tribal Culture Clash, Time magazine In Kansas * Live with Lewis from Leavenworth, KS (July 1, 2004) * Lewis and Clark Trail Travel Planning * Lewis and Clark in Kansas * Kansas City Area * July 4, 1804 on the Kansas side of the river And Beyond * Protecting the Lands explored by Lewis and Clark

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