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•Brown County Cemetery Book Vol. I   339 pages                                           $38.00
            Consists of information of burials with tombstones in all Cemeteries except those
            in Hiawatha Township
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz 1998

 

•Brown County Cemetery Book Vol. II  199 pages                                           $25.00
            Consists of information of burials with tombstones in Cemeteries in Hiawatha Township
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz 1999

 

•Brown County Cemetery Book Vol. III  64 pages                                           $20.00
             An addition to Vol. I & II. Contains corrections and all NEW burials from thru Dec. 2002.
            Compiled by Penny Milroy 2003

 

•Directions to Brown County Cemeteries  36 pages                                       $12.00
            Directions to all the cemeteries in Brown County
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz 2007

 

•Mt. Hope Cemetery Book 108 pages                                                                $25.00
             An updated book of burials thru 2002 in the Mt. Hope Cemetery
            Includes burials with no headstones.
            Compiled by Penny Milroy 2003

 

•Powhattan Cemetery 46 pages                                                                         $15.00
             Updated listings includes burials with no headstones.
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz 2004

 

•The Horton Headlight Obituary Index  64 pages                                          $15.00
             Listing of obituaries in the Horton Headlight 1887-1937
            Compiled by Richard King

 

•Brown County Marriages Books A & B 86 pages                                          $13.00
             Marriages in Brown County from 1857-1880
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Brown County Marriages Book C & D 134 pages                                          $18.00
             Marriages in Brown County from 1880-1889
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Brown County Marriages Book E & F 113 pages                                          $16.00
             Marriages in Brown County from 1889-1895
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

 •Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 1  172 pages  $22.00
             Other news items and current events from 1857-1871
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 2 267 pages   $32.00
             Other news items and current events from January 1872 – December 1875
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 3 363 pages   $42.00
             Other news items and current events from Jan. 1876 – December 31, 1880
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 4 267 pages    $32.00
             Other news items and current events from January 1881 – March 1886
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 5 142 pages   $20.00
             Other news items and current events from April 1886 – December 1887
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 6 201 pages    $25.00
             Other news items and current events from 1888 – 1889
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 7 218 pages    $27.00
             Other news items and current events from 1890 – 1891
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 8 269 pages    $33.00
             Other news items and currents events from 1892 – 1983
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 9 214 pages    $27.00
             Other news items and currents events from 1894 – 1896
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 10 284 pages $34.00
             Other news items and current events from January 1897 – December 31, 1898
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Births Marriages Deaths From the Weekly Kansas Chief Vol. 11 241 pages $30.00
             Other news items and current events from January 1899 – April 1899
            Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Memories of Powhattan 12 pages                                                                                  $4.00
             Written by Mamie T. Wonder

 

•Marriage Birth Death Index for Vol. I and II 50 pages                                          $10.00
             Index of surnames for Volumes I & II

           

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. I   162 pages                                                                      $22.00
             From 1875 – 1882 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
            Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. II 168 pages                                                                       $22.00
             From 1882 – 1883 and 1886 – 1887 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
            Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Index for Vol. III and IV 45 pages                                       $10.00
             Index of surnames for Volumes III & IV

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. III 143 pages                                                                      $22.00
          From 1888 – 1890 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
             Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. IV 152 pages                                                                      $22.00
             From 1891 – 1893 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
            Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. V 133 pages                                                                       $20.00
             From 1894 – 1895 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
            Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. VI 160 pages                                                                      $22.00
          From 1896 – 1897 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
             Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriage Birth Death Vol. VII 98 pages                                                                       $20.00
             From 1898 – 1899 Hiawatha, Kansas newspapers
            Compiled by Marla Hathhorn

 

•Marriages Deaths and Current Events From Hamlin Papers 29 pages             $12.00
          Hamlin New Gleaner 1889, 1890 and 1913
             Hamlin Reporter 1913 and 1915
            Compiled by Marietta Holden

 

•Marriages & Deaths Recorded From The Morrill News 41 pages                       $15.00
          From the Morrill News 1907 – 1917

           

•The Fairview Courier Births, Deaths & Marriages 82 pages                              $15.00
             Other news items from September 29, 1893 – December 25, 1896
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz

 

•Index of Enrollment of Ex-Soldiers Sailors, Widows and Orphans 23 pages
            Residing in Kansas 1889 – 1930                                                                                   $12.00
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz

 

•Index of Probate Records 136 pages                                                                             $19.00
            Brown County Kansas from 1857 – 1973
            Compiled by Lyle Hinz

 

•1860 Census Br. County 55 pages                                                                                 $10.00
             Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•Hiawatha Township Assessors Ledger 1919 43 pages                                          $15.00
             O.J. Nugent, Brown County Assessor

           

•Hiawatha City Assessors Ledger 1919 87 pages                                                     $18.00
             O.J. Nugent, Brown County Assessor

 

•1887 Plat Maps Br. County 82 pages                                                                           $13.00
             Compiled by John & Enid Ostertag

 

•A.N. Ruley’s History of Brown County 211 pages                                                     $28.00
             Reprinted by the Brown County Genealogical Society

 

•Souvenir Edition Kansas Democrat 1877 – 1907  83 pages                                $19.00
          Hiawatha, Kansas Newspaper
            Prepared by Lyle Hinz

 

•Handbook of Brown County, Kansas 1882  32 pages                                            $14.00

           

•Biographical Records of Brown County Vol. I 113 pages                                      $40.00
             Early Settlers & Pioneers of Brown County
            Compiled by Penny Milroy

 

•Biographical Records of Brown County Vol. II 145 pages                                     $40.00
             Early Settlers & Pioneers of Brown County
            Compiled by Penny Milroy

 

•Biographical Records of Brown County Vol. III 142 pages                                   $40.00
             Early Settlers & Pioneers of Brown County
            Compiled by Penny Milroy

 

•A History of Morrill, Kansas and Surrounding Communities  82 pages         $14.00
             From the Northwest Brown Countian Newspaper 1960

 

•Remedies & Recipes of Our Brown County Ancestors 95 pages                          $15.00
             Written and compiled by Greg Newlin

 

•Diaries of Harriet Houghton

1886 1888 1889 and 1892 134 pages                                                                $20.00

1896 1897 1898 1901 168 pages                                                                         $22.00

1893 and 1895 57 pages                                                                                        $15.00
             Transcribed by her great-granddaughter Patty Chiles

 

•Diaries of Lola Zieber Houghton 1899, 1900, 1901  86 pages                           $20.00
             Transcribed by her granddaughter Patty Chiles

 

•Across the Plains by Immigrant Wagon in 1865 228 pages                                 $28.00
             By J. Zeamer includes pictures

 

•Descendants of Hans Martin Spitelmayer and Related Families 154 pages  $25.00
             By Forrest E. Jolly, Jr. and Alma Laura Spickelmier Knudson

 

•Twenty-five years of the Schmitt Family Newsletter 80 pages                           $20.00
             1980 – 2004 by Lyle Hinz

 

•Antics of our Ancestors 66 pages                                                                                  $12.00
             Compiled by Marietta Holden

 

•Every Name Index for NEK Biographical Record  176 pages                                $22.00
             Northeast Kansas Genealogical and Biographical Record published in 1900

•Every Name Index for History Nemaha County  96 pages                                     $15.00
             History of Nemaha County by Ralph Tennal 1916

 

•Horton Commercial Marriage, Birth, Death and New Items 178 pages            $27.00
          Taken from the Horton Commercial 1899
           Compiled by Penny Milroy 2008

 

•Direct Your Letters to San Jose  (hard cover)                                                 $30.00
             By David Jackson
            (The California Gold Rush Letters and Diary of James & David Lee Campbell 1849-1852)

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 1997 128 pages                                                    $18.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 1998 218 pages                                                   $30.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 1999 243 pages                                                   $30.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 1984 -1986 413 pages                                         $50.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 2000 234 pages                                                   $30.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 2001 236 pages                                                   $30.00

 

•Atchison Globe Obituaries 2002 220 pages                                                   $30.00

  

Shipping and Handling $4.00 for the first book and $1.50 for each additional book up to 3.

No taxes on out of state shipments. Residents of Kansas should call 785-742-7511 or email for proper destination sales tax.

 

The following books may be purchased from Joanne James, 4918 South Rock Road, Derby, Kansas 67037. jejames4@juno.com

  • Claytonville Cemetery Book
    118 pages containing stories about the area and biographical information on each person buried there.
 $30.00
  • Kennekuk Cemetery
    220 pages containing stories about the area and biographical information on each person buried there.
 $35.00
  • Brown County, Kansas Marriage Records by Joanne James
    Book G & H  - 1896 to 1901
    Book  I &  J -  1901 to 1907
    Book K & L  - 1907 to 1917
    Book M & N - Feb 9, 1911 to Nov. 1, 1914 and Nov. 21, 1914 to May 18, 1917
 $20.00
$20.00
$12.00
$20.00

 

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