Information for beignners

Genealogy Research Helps
(http://www.obcgs.com/research.htm)

Suggestions for Beginning Genealogists
(http://www.cslib.org/getstart.htm)

Genealogy Learning Center
(How to use census records and land records, how to do court house research, military records and Internet genealogy..... what's good and what's not)
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html

My History is America's History
A millenium project for the National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/my-history-p/my-hist.htm

Kansas Resources

THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (KSHS)
http://www.kshs.org/

INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS
Getting Started on Family History
Vital Records
Newspapers
Local Government Records
City/County/Telephone Directories
Photographs
Resources for Other States
Individuals
Census
Places
Military Records
Land Records and Maps
House History Checklist
Genealogy Links (AN EXCELLENT LINKS PAGE FOR GENEALOGISTS!)

Partial Online index of the 1895 Kansas State Census

(Counties included are listed on the web site)

KSHS Interlibrary Loan information

Information for researchers and libraries

The KANSAS HERITAGE GROUP
http://www.ku.edu/heritage/
A wealth of information on Kansas history. Includes genealogy sections.

THE KANSAS COLLECTION
http://www.kancoll.org/
An amazing online "library" of material on Kansas and the Great Plains, part of the CARRIE Collection

KSGenWeb PROJECT (KANSAS GENWEB PROJECT)(Kansas genealogy on the Internet)
http://www.skyways.org/genweb/index.html
Includes local and statewide resources

Kansas County Web Sites Selection List
(Links to local resources)

Kansas Book Transcriptions Online

(Links to trascriptions of Kansas statewide and local history books of interest to family researchers)

KSGenWeb's Digital Library

(Online directories, listings, military information and other genealogical material)

Kansas in the Civil War

(Includes links to national and other state Civil War Sites)

Establishment of Kansas Counties, 1855-1903

(Trascription of an article in Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1903-1904, giving a history of the development of counties in Kansas. Includes maps showing county name/boundary changes)

Blue Skyways Search Engine

(You can also search the pages of Kansas GenWeb on skyways as well as all of Blue Skyways at http://www.skyways.lib.ks.us/skysearch.html. Use the drop down box to limit your search to "genealogy" web pages only)

KANSAS COUNCIL OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/index.html

KANSAS MIGRATIONS
(A part of an ongoing effort by volunteers to provide information on our ancestors' movements across the land and sea.)
http://www.horsethieves.com/migrations/

ORPHAN TRAINS OF KANSAS
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/
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

U.S. GenWeb PROJECT..... KANSAS LOCATIONS

U.S. GenWeb Archives -- Kansas Page

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ks/ksfiles.htm

Kansas Tombstone Project

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/kansas.html

U.S. GenWeb Kansas Census Project

http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states/kansas/

Another U.S. GenWeb Kansas Census Project page

http://www.us-census.org/states/kansas/kansas.htm

(There are two different sites with similar names. Look at both

of them for online census info.)

Search engine for the U.S. GenWeb Archives

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ks/ksfiles.htm

(You can search the U.S. GenWeb site for records available on the rootsweb.com server by state here)

ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS RESOURCES (Some specifically for Kansas)

African American Genealogy and History Links
(Provided by Cyndi's List)
http://www.cyndislist.com/african.htm

African-American History Resources on the Internet
(A service of the Kansas City Mo Public Library. Has some regional genealogical sources)
http://www.kclibrary.org/guides/localhistory/index.cfm?article=read&articleID=139

American Historical Society of Germans From Russia
(Includes Kansas information)

http://www.ahsgr.org/index.htm

Bukovina Society of America
(Lutherans from the Rhine-Palatinate and Wuerttemberg in Germany and Catholics from the Bohemian Forest of Austria)
http://www.bukovinasociety.org/

Hispanic Genealogical Society, Houston, Texas
(Lots of great Hispanic historical, genealogical and family site links)
http://www.hispanicgs.com/

Kansas Methodism
(Information for researchers with links and addresses)

Lutheran Roots Genealogy Exchange

http://www.aal.org/LutheransOnline/Gene_Ex/

The Swedish Connection in Kansas

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/republic/swede.html

The Scottish Connection in Kansas

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/republic/PatAdams/ScotIndex.html

GENERAL AND NATIONAL RESOURCES

World GenWeb Project
http://www.worldgenweb.org/
(National and regional sites for genealogists)

U.S. GenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org/
(National, state and local sites for genealogists)

American Local History Network (ALHN)
http://www.alhn.org/
(A "new kid on the block" with limited resources on U.S. genealogy and history)

GenForum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
(A great place to post/view/respond to genealogical queries. Has state, county, surname boards.)

Rootsweb's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Online Search -
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/

National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/
(Check out NARA's Archival Information Locator .....NAIL: A Prototype Database of Selected Holdings)

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
(Search for towns, cemeteries, historic sites, etc. in the U.S.)

MapQuest! Welcome!
http://www.mapquest.com/

Canadian Geographical Names
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

Historical Maps of the United States --from the University of Texas at Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html

MultiMap.com Look for locations in Great Britain, London streets and U.K. postoffice locations
http://www.multimap.com/

Heritage Map Museum's Links to Antique Maps Worldwide
http://www.carto.com/links.htm

Library of Congress Online Map Collection, 1544-199
Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory Site. A wonderful selection of old and new maps, including older "bird's eye view" maps of towns and cities. These maps include zoom in and out capabilities.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

National Genealogical Society - Home Page
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

The Genealogy Home Page
Sponsored by Family Tree Maker Online
http://www.genhomepage.com/full.html

RAND Genealogy Club *Very nice resource with LOTS of links*

LDS (Mormon) CHURCH RESOURCES

FamilySearch.org
-----Online search tool for millions of records collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
http://www.familysearch.org

Online Library Catalogs

ATLAS (Associated Topeka Libraries Automated System) Online Catalog (Includes a growing number of titles held by the Kansas State Historical Society)
http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Kansas Library Catalog (Holdings of hundreds of libraries in Kansas)
http://ksuc-agent.auto-graphics.com/agent/login.asp?cid=ksuc&lid=ksuc&mode=g

Southeast Kansas Library System Genealogy Bibliography (An online list of genealogical material available at libraries in southeastern Kansas. Adobe Acrobat is needed to view. Much of this material can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.)
http://www.sekls.lib.ks.us/misc/genealogy/

Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri (Check out the general holdings and catalog of one of the finest genealogical collections in the Kansas City Metro Area.)
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/branch/ge/

Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana (One of the largest genealogical collections in the United States.)
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/

Library of Congress Online Catalog
(Over 12 million titles are listed)
http://catalog.loc.gov/

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Society Home Page
(They now have an online catalog of their library holdings.)
http://www.dar.org/

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Phone Books and Finders

Yahoo! People Search
http://www.yahoo.com/search/people/

Switchboard
http://www.switchboard.com/

Telephone Directories on the Web -- *Worldwide*
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp

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ROOTSWEB.COM

Many, many genealogy sites including about 70% of the USGenWeb county pages are located here. Has several different search engines for different rootsweb sties. Also includes searchable surname and geographical email lists for just about every name and place on earth! Among these is "the mother of all genealogy lists", ROOTS-L. With over 10,000 subscribers ROOTS-L is hands down the biggest genealogy email list around. The list's archives can be searched and an offshoot of the list, the Roots Surname List - Interactive Search Page, allows researchers to seek out others who are researching their family names.

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And, when all else fails........

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Some Online Kansas Books