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| Sources for family history information in Douglas County, Kansas. This list was compiled in 2006 but is not necessarily complete. | ||||
| Abbreviations in Location column: BCPL = Baldwin City Public Library; EPL = Eudora Public Library; KU An = Kansas University Anschutz Library; KU Sp = Kansas University Spencer Library; LPL = Lawrence Public Library (call numbers given for books, DCGS numbers may be changed to regular call numbers in near future); RD = Register of Deeds, Douglas County; WCM = Watkins Community Museum of History | ||||
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Biographies, Family Histories, Histories including family information, Photos | ||||
| (Many family books are available in LPL and WCM, not itemized here) | ||||
| Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Family Histories" pub. by Douglas County Genealogical Society | Published in 1994 | Every name, at back of book | WCM, LPL ( KC 929.2 DOU) | |
| Book, "Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas," pub. by Chapman Pub. Co. | Published in 1899 | At back of book | LPL (KC 978.1 PORTRAIT) | Title on spine and cover is "Genealogy and Biography" |
| Two loose-leaf notebooks with Douglas County pages from the book listed above | Names are in alphabetical order | WCM | ||
| Book, "History of Kansas" with chapter on Douglas County, pub. by Andreas Pub. Co. | Published in 1883 | In volume 2, identifies county of residence. Separate "Index to the Surnames of Douglas County" by Loraine Howard, 1984. | WCM, LPL (KC 978.1 ANDREAS) | |
| Book, "Illustriana Kansas" pub. by Illustriana Inc. | Published in 1933 | Included | LPL (KC920.781 ILLUSTRI) | |
| Book, "A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion" by Richard Cordley | 1854-1865? | Index in LPL's KC 978.1 CORDLEY | LPL (978.1 COR and KC 987.1 CORDLEY and DCGS no. 204.2) | |
| Book, "Eudora Community Heritage of our USA Bicentennial" | 1976 | no index | WCM, LPL ( DCGS no. 212.5) | |
| 28 file drawers labeled "Subject File." Some contain biographical information. | In alphabetical order | WCM | ||
| 12 file drawers labeled "Kansas Vertical File." Some contain biographical information. | Alphabetical order by subject | LPL | ||
| Book, "Soil of Our Souls: Histories of the Clinton Lake Area Community" by Martha Parker and Betty Laird | Published in 1980 | no index | LPL (DCGS no. 217.56) | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Two loose-leaf notebooks, "Biographies of 20th Century Women of Douglas County, Kansas" | In alphabetical order | WCM | ||
| Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographies of Women." Sheets inside labeled "Biographical Information Sheet" | Alphabetic, by married name if married | WCM | ||
| Two loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Dictionary (1879), containing pages for people of Douglas County from "The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume" S.Lewis & Co., Publishers | Original published in 1879 | In alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Nine loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Sheets" | In alphabetical order | WCM | ||
| "Family Group Sheets" | WCM | |||
| "Pedigree Charts" | Included | LPL (DCGS nos. 209.22, 209.23) | ||
| Family records of Vitt, Bohnsack, Deay, Klein, Gottstein, Mock, Pinger-Kummer, Brecheisen | no index | BCPL | ||
| Photographs | Indexes available | WCM, KU Sp | ||
| Birth, adoption (see also Death, etc.: death information often also includes birth information) | ||||
| Notices in newspapers | 1864-1872 | See Newspaper Indexes | LPL | |
| Notices in newspapers | 1873-1881 | See Newspaper Indexes | LPL | |
| Notebook pages, "Birth Record Baldwin City Douglas Co. Dist. No 23B August 1911 to December 1916" by Vivian Clough | Aug 1911-Dec 1916 | listed alphabetically | WCM | |
| Some Probate records contain information about adoption | KU Sp | |||
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Census | ||||
| Census microfilm | 1855 | no | KU An | |
| Book, "The census of the Territory of Kansas, February 1855, with index and map of Kansas election districts in 1854" | 1855 | included | LPL (KC 929.3781 HEISS W) | |
| Census microfilm | 1856 | no | KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1857, 1858, 1859 | no | KU An | 3 years on one spool |
| Census microfilm | 1860 | see next line for index | LPL, KU An | |
| Census index | 1860 | book, "Kansas 1860 Territorial Census Index" | WCM | |
| Census, Lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 transcribed | 1860 | in alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Census microfilm | 1865 | Every-name index, available only at Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, dozens of spools of microfilm | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1870 | LPL, KU An | ||
| Census transcribed | 1875 | included | WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 204.61) | |
| Census microfilm | 1875 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1880 | Searchable transcript on Internet, FamilySearch.org | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1885 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1895 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Census transcribed, Lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 on 5x8 cards giving Name, Age, Sex, Race, Birthplace, Occupation | 1895 | in alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Census microfilm | 1900 | Soundex index at KU An | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1905 | The only index is for Lawrence, at Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, on microfilm | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1910 | no index in Douglas County | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1915 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1920 | no index in Douglas County | LPL, KU An | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Census microfilm | 1925 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Census microfilm | 1930 | no | LPL, KU An | |
| Churches | ||||
| Church history, Eudora area: Catholic, Hesper Friends (Quaker), Methodist, St. Paul's United Church of Christ | EPL | In unlabeled file cabinet along with other topics | ||
| Several church histories are in LPL and WCM, not itemized here. Church records held by the churches are not listed here. | ||||
| Death Dates, Obituaries, Interment, Mortuary, Probate, Wills | ||||
| Cemetery maps, Baldwin City area | no | BCPL | ||
| "Funk Mortuary Books" (7) | 25 Aug 1913 - 15 Nov 1927 | included | WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.55-213.591) | |
| "Shubert Mortuary Books" (2) | 1904-1924 | included | WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.60-213.61) | |
| "C.W. Smith, Lawrence, Kansas, Undertaker and Embalmer" | 1890-1907 | book entries are alphabetical | WCM | |
| Clippings of newspaper obituaries - 32 file boxes | Fairly complete from Lawrence Journal-World 1979-99, some earlier and later and some from other newspapers | Filed alphabetically | WCM | |
| Obituary index - one file drawer | 1972-93 from Lawrence Journal-World, not complete | Filed alphabetically within years | LPL | |
| Obituary index - one file box labeled "Obituary File" | 1994-2000 from Lawrence Journal-World | Filed alphabetically within years | LPL | |
| Journal-World archives on-line | 1989 to current | Computer search | ljworld.com | Computer; headlines free, $1.00 for whole article |
| Obituary clippings - two file drawers | 1969?-84 | Filed alphabetically | LPL | |
| Books, "Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County Kansas" volumes 1 and 2 | 1854-1986 | Index in each volume | WCM, LPL (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) | |
| Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; Complete Tombstone Census, Vol. 1, starting on p. 254 | Nov. 1854 - Dec. 1860 | Listed alphabetically | WCM, LPL (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; Complete Tombstone Census, Vol. 2, starting on p. 420 | Jan. 1861 - Dec. 1863 | Listed alphabetically | WCM, LPL (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) | |
| All obituaries that were printed in the Lecompton Sun | 1885-1934 | ? | Iona Spencer, telephone 785-887-6637 | |
| Obituaries of Baldwin people and Baldwin-related people | 1939-1997 or later | ? | BCPL | |
| Obituaries on file cards (Baldwin City area) | 1886-2002 (incomplete) | Alphabetical order | BCPL | |
| Funeral leaflets | recent | Alphabetical order | BCPL | |
| Death dates of Masonic Lodge members | 1863-1938 | ? | LPL | |
| Death dates of AOUW and KP Lodge members | 1879-1908 | Listed alphabetically | LPL, WCM | |
| Death dates of Rebekah Lodge members | 1894-1953 | Listed alphabetically | LPL, WCM | |
| Death dates of IOOF Lodge members | 1897-1969 | ? | LPL? WCM? | |
| "Scrapbook No. 3" | 1938-1994 | Book is an index to obituaries in Baldwin City newspapers | BCPL | Index is somewhat by decades, then alphabetical within the time periods |
| Book, "Interment Record No. 1" (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) | 1866? - 7 June 1900 | WCM has index for 1866?-1875 | WCM has original, Lawrence City Clerk has microfilm | |
| Book, "Interment Record No. 2" (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) | 19 Jun 1900 - 10 Nov 1923 | No index? | WCM has original, Lawrence City Clerk has microfilm | |
| Untitled interment book for City of Lawrence cemeteries | 1924-1970 | Alphabetical index by first letter only (of surname) | WCM has original, Lawrence City Clerk has microfilm | |
| The three above have the following column headings and others: Name, Place of birth (usually blank), Late residence, Age, Sex, Color, Date of death, Cause of death | ||||
| Interment dates for Oak Hill and Maple Grove cemeteries | all | Computer search | Oak Hill Cemetery office | |
| List of current cemetery sextons, Douglas County and nearby | current | Cemeteries listed in alphabetical order | Warren-McElwain mortuary | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Notices in newspapers | 1864-1872 | See "Newspaper Indexes | WCM, LPL | |
| Notices in newspapers | 1873-1881 | See "Newspaper Indexes | WCM, LPL | |
| Notebook pages, "Vol. I & II Death Records Baldwin, KS Dg. Co. 1917-1928 Vivian S. Clough" and "Vol. III 1929-1936" and Vol. IV 1936-1946" and "Vol. V Mar. 1946-1958" | 1917-1927, 1929-1936, 1936-1946, 1946-1958 | Listed alphabetically | WCM in 3-ring binder | |
| Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 1 | 1891-1979 | No | EPL | |
| Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 2 | 1959-1989 | No | EPL | |
| Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 4 (Vol. 3 is missing) | 1884-1996 | No | EPL | |
| Probate files from Douglas County District Court | 1857 - 1955 | Spencer Library has "Index to Estates 1857 to 1965." In this index, the Page Number is the same number Spencer Library used for their File Number. After finding the File Number, use the library's notebook containing list of File Numbers, showing location and Box Number of File. They have other indexes, but this one is comprehensive. | KU Sp | WCM has an Index to Estates for 1857 - 1921. |
| Abstracts of Title | Some cover ownership from about 1855 to 1980s | WCM | Some abstracts have death information, extracts from wills and probate | |
| Directories | ||||
| Lawrence city directory | 1860-1861 | Names listed alphabetically | LPL, WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1863 | " | LPL | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1866 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1868-1869 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1871 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1872 | " | KU Sp | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1873-1874 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1875-1876 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1879 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1883 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1886 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1888 | " | " | |
| Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents | 1890-1891 | " | " | |
| Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents | 1893-1894 | " | " | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Lawrence city directory | 1896 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1898 | " | " | |
| Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents | 1900-1901 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1905 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1907 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1908 | " | LPL | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1909 | " | WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1911 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory (Lawrence, Baldwin, Clinton, Eudora, and Lecompton pages) | 1911-1912 | Names listed alphabetically | WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1913-1914 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1915 | " | " | |
| Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents | 1916 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1917 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1919 | " | " | |
| Book, "Farmers and Breeders of Franklin and Douglas Counties" | 1920 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1923 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1925-1926 | " | " | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1927-1928 | " | " | |
| Directory of Colored People, including outside Lawrence | 1927 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Farm Directory | 1929 | " | WCM | |
| Lawrence city directory | 1929-1930 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Telephone directory including outside Lawrence | 1930 | " | WCM | |
| Directory of Colored People, including outside Lawrence | 1930 | " | WCM | |
| Telephone directory including outside Lawrence | 1931 (November) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1932 (May) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1933 (January) | " | LPL | |
| " | 1933 (November) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1934 (May and November) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1936 (November) | " | LPL | |
| " | 1939 (May) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1940 (May) | " | WCM | |
| " | 1941 (May) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1942 (May, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1943 (May, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1944 (May) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1945 (May) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1945 (January) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Telephone directory including outside Lawrence | 1946 (January) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1947 (June, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1948 (May, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1949 (May, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1950 (May, November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1951 (November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1952 (November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1953 (November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| " | 1954 (November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton | 1955 (August) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Douglas County Farm Directory | 1955-1957 | " | WCM | |
| Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton | 1957 (November) | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton | 1958-97 (some missing) | " | LPL | |
| Polk's Lawrence City Directory including Douglas County | 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972 through 1985 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Douglas County Farm Directory | 1963 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Farm Directory | 1965 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Farm and Ranch Directory | 1969 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Directory | 1972 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1973 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1974 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1980 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1984 | " | WCM | |
| Polk's Lawrence City Directory | 1986 through 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001 | " | LPL, WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1990 | " | WCM | |
| Douglas County Rural Directory | 1992 | " | WCM | |
| Polk's Lawrence City Directory | 1994, 1995, 1998-2000 | " | LPL | |
| Marriage, Divorce | ||||
| Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1854-1884" publ. By Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989 | 1854-1884 | included | LPL (DCGS no. 217.5) | 1854-1863 data from newspapers, 1863-1884 from County records |
| Notebook similar to above book | 1885-1897 | no | WCM | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Original Douglas County marriage record books numbers 12-39 | May 1917 - June 1992 | Index books 5-9, Dec. 20, 1920 - June 30, 1992 | LPL | |
| Shawnee County marriages of Douglas County residents - part of a box of file cards | Oct 1887 - Apr 1913 | Arranged alphabetically by groom's surname | WCM | |
| Extracts of divorce information from five sources | 1857-1860 | indexed in booklet, "Douglas County Divorce Petitions" | WCM | Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. |
| Divorce petitions abstracted in The Pioneer, includes identification of some relatives of plaintiff or defendant. | 1864-1884 | booklet, "Douglas County Divorce Petitions" | WCM | Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. |
| Notebook, "Kansas Territory Divorces 1857-1861 and Douglas County Divorce Petitions 1864-1884" | 1857-1861 and 1864-1884 | Every-name index included | WCM | Includes much information of people other than plaintiff and defendant |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographical Indexes for Douglas County including Biographical Sketches, Divorce, Pensioners, Kansas Claims, Quantrill Index, etc." | Alphabetical within sections | WCM | ||
| Contents of The Pioneer, Douglas County Genealogical Society's quarterly | Articles published in 1977-2003 | Subject index in The Pioneer, Volume 28, no. 1, January 2005 | KU Sp, LPL, WCM | Subject index also lists prior, surname indexes to The Pioneer |
| Naturalization | ||||
| Naturalization records and collateral information from District Court | 1867-1955 with gaps | Index in KU Sp; same index published in The Pioneer Vol. 27, no. 1&2, Jan-Apr 2004, p, 1 ff. | KU Sp | |
| Naturalization certificate stubs Volume 3815 | 1907-1921 | Stubs in custody of Court Clerk, Judicial Building, Lawrence phone 785-832-5356 | May be stored off-site | |
| Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Naturalizations 1855-1928" | 1855-58, 1868-1903, 1903-1928 | Alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Newspaper indexes | ||||
| Book, "Index of deaths and births in daily newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 1864-1872" | 29 Nov 1863 - 4 Mar 1873 | WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 200.56) | ||
| Book, "Genealogical information in newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: index for 1873-1881" | March 1873 - December 1877 and July 1878 - August 1881 (newspapers not available for January - June 1878) | WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 200.57) | ||
| Book, "Lawrence Daily World Indexes" | March 1892 - August 1894 | LPL (DCGS no. 216.2) | Includes abstracts of articles | |
| Book, "An index to the Lawrence Daily Journal in five volumes" by Robert A. Hodge | March 1892 - August 1894 | WCM | Same book as above. Title says Journal but actually is World. | |
| Newspapers, Baldwin City (Microfilm) | ||||
| Baldwin Criterion and Baldwin Ledger (weekly) | 1884 - 1996 with gaps | No | BCPL | |
| Baldwin Criterion (weekly) | Nov. 1883 - Apr. 1885 | No | LPL | |
| Baldwin Ledger (weekly) | May 1885 - Dec. 1921 | No | LPL | |
| Newspapers, Eudora | ||||
| Eudora News (weekly, on paper) | January 1935 to current | No | EPL | |
| Eudora News (weekly, microfilm) | Sept. 1887 - June 1923 | No | LPL | |
| Newspapers, Lawrence, microfilm, listed in chronological order as much as possible | ||||
| Herald of Freedom | October 24, 1854 - December 17, 1859 | No | LPL | |
| Kansas Tribune (weekly and daily) | January 10 - October 24, 1855 and November 29, 1863 - May 4, 1869 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Lawrence Republican (weekly) | May 28, 1857 - November 13, 1862 | No | LPL | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Republican Daily Journal | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1874 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Western Home Journal (weekly) | March 11, 1869 - March 25, 1885 | No | LPL | |
| Daily Kansas Tribune | January 9 - June 30, 1872 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Daily Kansas Tribune | August 1, 1872 - August 19, 1873 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Daily Kansas Tribune | January 1 - December 6, 1874 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Republican Daily Journal | March 4, 1875 - December 1877 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Daily Kansas Tribune | February 1, 1878 - January 9, 1879 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Republican Daily Journal | July 1878 - June 18, 1879 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Lawrence Daily Journal | June 19, 1879 - February 7, 1911 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Lawrence Daily World | March 1892 - February 1911 | See "Newspaper indexes" | LPL | |
| Lawrence Daily Journal-World | February 20, 1911 - near current date | 1989 to current is on-line, search by computer | All newspapers, LPL. On-line, ljworld.com | |
| Douglas County Republican (weekly) | March 4, 1926 - January 2, 1941 | No | LPL | |
| The Outlook, Lawrence Outlook (weekly) | January 6, 1941 - September 22, 1969 | No | LPL | |
| Newspapers, Lecompton | ||||
| Lecompton Union and Kansas National Democrat (weekly) | April 1856 - March 1861 | LPL | ||
| Kansas New Era (weekly) | Aug. 1867 - Sept. 1874 | LPL | ||
| Lecompton Monitor (weekly) | June 1885 - June 1886 | LPL | ||
| Lecompton Ledger (weekly) | Dec. 1889 - Dec. 1890 | LPL | ||
| Lecompton Sun (weekly) | April 1891 - Sept. 1934 | LPL | ||
| Real Property - see also Tax rolls, Death (Probate) | ||||
| Douglas County map showing land owners | 1857 | "Land Owners of Record on 4 July 1857 with Legal Description of Parcel Owned" | WCM (LPL Osma Room has poor copy of map) | |
| Douglas County owners plat map in several parts (Townships, Lawrence) | 1873 | "Index to 1873 Douglas County Plat Map" | WCM, KU Sp | |
| "Plat Book and Complete Survey of Douglas County, Kansas" | 1909 | no | KU Sp (RH Atlas G32) | |
| Book, "List of Original owners in the City of Lawrence" | 1854-63 | included | LPL (DCGS no. 217.7), WCM? | |
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Book, "List of Preemptions in Douglas County, Kansas" | 1855-63? | included | LPL (DCGS no.217.4), WCM? | |
| Deed Books on microfilm | 1855?-1960 | Grantor and Grantee indexes | RD | |
| Deed Books | 1961-89 | Book and card file | RD | |
| Deeds in computer file | 1990-current | Grantor and Grantee indexes | RD | |
| Cemetery maps, Baldwin City area | no | BCPL | ||
| Maps of Baldwin City business section | 1893, 1899, 1905, 1912 | no | BCPL | |
| Baldwin City area historic houses and other buildings: original owner names and other information | yes | BCPL | ||
| Abstracts of Title for many properties in Douglas County except the Baldwin City area | Some have information from 1855 to 1980s | Filed by legal description of location;no name index | WCM | Many Abstracts include copies or extracts from records including wills, probate, marriage, divorce, other legal matters |
| Abstracts of Title for properties in the Baldwin City area | Some have information from 1855 to 1980s | Name index available | BCPL | |
| School Data | ||||
| "Complete Census of School Population … Between the Ages of 5 and 21 Years Residing in District". Name, age or birth date, name of parent or guardian. | 1898-1957 | No index. Arranged by District (about 87 of them in the County). Some District lists are in alphabetical order | RD | 12 microfilm boxes marked SCHOOL RECORDS |
| One drawer of file cards labeled "Lawrence Teachers 1868-1885, High School Students 1872-1885" from "Annual Report of Board of Education" 1868-1885 "Indexed by Vivian Clough, 1989" | 1868-1885 | Alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Four drawers of file cards labeled "Lawrence High School Graduates 1886-1942" | 1886-1942 | Alphabetical order | WCM | |
| Book, "Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas" | 1850s-1960s. Most detail is for 1898 to the 1950s | See below | LPL ( 370.978 DANIELS and KC 370.978 DANIELS) | Includes names of some of the teachers and students |
| Pamphlet, "Index to Rural Schools and Schoolhouses…" | LPL (DCGS 212.6) | |||
| Description | Time period | Index | Location | Notes |
| Tax Rolls | ||||
| Books of Tax Rolls: Douglas County townships and cities | 1863-1919 in open room; 1920-1967 in stacks | Some volumes have names in alphabetical order within each governmental unit (Township, City or Town). Some volumes have name index for each governmental unit. Personal Property lists are alphabetical by name within governmental unit. | KU Sp | Some books contain more than title indicates. Starting with 1867, Personal Property lists follow the real estate section in most of the books and include nearly every household |
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