I know everyone's in a hurry to find Aunt Jane (so am I), but after you look for her here, check out some of the other links, especially the census transcriptions. Because of the difficulty I had in reading the handwriting (and the uniqueness of some of the census takers' spelling), it may be necessary to look at the actual census rather than doing a search. The links are below.

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Census Transcriptions 1870 Sumner County Census transcription with follow-up research by Della Shafer  1875 Sumner County Census transcription by Della and Melvin Shafer Surname Index to the 1895 Sumner Co. State Census transcription by Harriette Jensen All the major towns and cities [ Argonia , Belle Plaine, Caldwell , Conway Springs, Geuda Springs, Hunnewell, Mulvane, Oxford, South Haven and Wellington ] are now online. I will be transcribing the rest of the census as it becomes available from the Kansas State Historical Society.

Sumner County Family Reunions

If you have a family reunion planned that includes people from Sumner County and you would like your reunion information posted here, please contact me at hoisingtonweb@yahoo.com.

 

 

Sumner County Family Photos

If you are interested in posting some of your family photos here, contact me at hoisingtonweb@yahoo.com and I will tell you how to go about it.

Found Photos
If you have found photos relating to Sumner County and want to return them to their families, contact me at hoisingtonweb@yahoo.com .

 

Memories of Corbin, KS
Jerry Niebaum's recollections of growing up in Corbin, along with some historical photos

 

 

Ella Calhoun's Autograph Albums  

 

Church History 

Lots of New Pictures!
Methodist Ministers in Sumner County
Primitive Baptist Churches in Sumner County
Kansas Churches by City
Wellington Churches in 1895

 

Not all the citizens of Sumner County were good guys....

Sumner County's Worst

Danford Bank Scandal

 

Who's Who in Sumner County

This page contains bios of famous (and not-so-famous residents). If you would like to contribute to this, click here.  

     

 Cutler's History of Kansas

Contains linked list of biographies in the Sumner County chapter.

Reference Materials

AIS Index of Sumner Co. Residents in 1870

Surname Index to the 1895 Sumner Co. State Census

Books on Sumner County  

Sumner County Newspapers Available on Microfilm  

Ordering Births,Death, and Marriage Information

Sumner County Marriages

Additional Sumner County Links and Addresses

 

Postcards from Sumner County

Old Map of Sumner County (1880)
From the Kansas Collection

Sumner Co. Towns, Post Offices and Stations
Includes ghost towns, and other locations that no longer exist.

Sumner County Railroads.
The railroad maps have also been updated to include a larger picture of Sumner County railroads.

Wellington Newspapers in 1895

 

Sumner County Hist. & Gen Society Cemetery web pages 

Sumner County Cemeteries on Find-a-Grave

Obituaries

 

Sumner County sites on the National Register of Historic Places

Sumner County Histories
at the Kansas State Historical Society.

Info on the County's Formation

 

Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Societies Contact Information On All Local Societies Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society (SCHGS) web site Surnames researched by the SCHGS members  Sumner County Historical Society Pioneer Project Read about the project and how you can get an Early Pioneer certificate for your ancestors who settled in Sumner County by 1900.  Chisholm Trail History Genealogy Center

 

Other Kansas Links Kansas Heritage Server Home Page Kansas Community Network Books of the Kansas Collection Kansas Pioneers List Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society Also a great source for books.

 

And if you can't find it here..... Search the KSGenWeb You can now search all Kansas pages for your surname, a location, or any other text. Note: Remember that many spelling variations (and misspellings) may have been used. Try as many as you can devise. Start out with the smallest unique part of the term.

Here are some links to websites that I have found helpful in my research. Note that some of the links are to paid sites ($). However, there's plenty of information at the links that are free .

Obituary Central Obituary archive and obituary search engine directory.

Obituary Links Page State-by-state directory of obituary resources and archives.

GenealogyBuff.com Surname research tool; searchable library of data files.

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