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Resources specific to the State are shown below. If you know which county or town your ancestors lived in, select the county under "Resources by County" to see county resources. From there you can also select the town or city to see resources for the locale. If you know the town but not the county, check the "Index of Towns" or use the "County Search Tool".  

Kansas - Established Jan 29, 1861 - State Capital: Topeka

Kansas

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286 free genealogy resources for researching family history and records in Kansas:

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Biographies (22) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Cemetery Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Census Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Church Records (7) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Immigration Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
African-American Collections
Chinese Heritage (National Archives)
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FindMyPast
Leonard Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic & Gulf Ports, 1820-1874
Markings on the Manifest's Left Margin
On the Trail of the Immigrant
Passengers and immigrants to America
The Great Migration - Colonial America
Where to find passenger lists
Local Histories (68) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
A Twentieth century history and biographical record of Crawford County, Kansas
A history of Izard County, Arkansas
A history of Lawrence, Kansas from the first settlement to the close of the rebellion
A history of Meade County, Kansas
A history of Republic County, Kansas embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01, including Indian depredations and the hardships endured by the pioneer settlers also the topography of the county, including soil, climate, timber, streams, water power, coal, salt, etc., etc. statistics, showing increase in wealth and population, railroads, churches, schools, n
A souvenir history of Lincoln County, Kansas
A topographical description and history of Arkansas County, Arkansas from 1541 to 1875
American Association for State and Local History
American Library Association (ALA)
Annals of Brown County, Kansas from the earliest records to January 1, 1900
Annals of the city of Kansas embracing full details of the trade and commerce of the great western plains, the country west, south and south-west, embracing western Missouri, Kansas, the Indian country, and New Mexico
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Archive.org
Biographical Review
Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas
Biographical history of Cloud County, Kansas biographies of representative citizens
Chronicling America
Colonial families of the United States of America, Vol. VI
Conquest of southwest Kansas
Conversations on the mission to the Arkansas Cherokees
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas a history of the old and a story of the new
Doniphan County, Kansas, history and directory for 1868-9 containing the state constitution, a concise history of Kansas, also of Doniphan County, and sketches of each village in the county, citizens' and business directory, revenue and postal information, legal forms, etc
Early days in Arkansas being for the most part the personal recollections of an old settler
Eilers of Arkansas
FamilySearch
Historic Map Works
History and statistics of Brown County, Kansas from its earliest settlement to the present time, embracing incidents and hardships of pioneer life, the rise and progress made in twenty-two years, location, resources, fertility of its soil, etc
History of Ashley County, Arkansas
History of Atchison County, Kansas
History of Bourbon County, Kansas to the close of 1865
History of Butler County, Kansas
History of Cherokee County, Kansas and representative citizens
History of Crawford County, Arkansas
History of Gove County, Kansas
History of Greene County, Arkansas
History of Labette County, Kansas, and representative citizens
History of Leavenworth County, Kansas
History of Marshall County, Kansas its people, industries, and institutions
History of Montgomery County, Kansas
History of Nemaha County, Kansas
History of Randolph County, Arkansas
History of Shawnee County, Kansas, and representative citizens
History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county
History of bringing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway to Galesburg
History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
JSTOR Journals and Books online
Library of Congress
Life on the Frontier for the Williams Family
Linn County, Kansas, a history
Map of the United States in 1800
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Official military history of Kansas regiments during the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion
Old settlers' tales historical and biographical sketches of the early settlement and settlers of northeastern Pottawatomie and southwestern Nemaha Counties, Kansas, from earliest settlement to the year 1877
Pioneer life and lore of McPherson County, Kansas
Pioneers and makers of Arkansas
Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas, for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The Kinsley, Edwards County centennial 1873-1973
The Platt-Cottrell-Smith reunion held at Wabaunsee, Kansas, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 25, 26, and 27, 1917
The annals of Kansas
The history of Anderson County, Kansas from its first settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876
The history of the early settlement of Norton County, Kansas
Western History Association
Your Ancestors Magazine
Maps (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Marriage Records (1) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Military Records (28) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Native American (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Newspapers (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Photos & Illustrations (9) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Vital Records (4) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
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American History & Genealogy
A godchild of Washington a picture of the past
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
American Ancestors Jewish Heritage Center
American Association for State and Local History
American Catholic Historical Society
American Historical Association
American Jewish Historical Society
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Civil War Soldiers Index 1861-1865
Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England
Facts about the Civil War
Famous Mayflower Descendants
Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871
FultonHistory online newspapers and postcards
Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785
History Channel
History of Pike County, Illinois
History of Science Society
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
Latin American Network Information Center
Linkpendium's State by State Search Engine
Lost amid the fogs sketches of life in Newfoundland, England's ancient colony
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Genealogy Books for Sale
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Portraits of Native American Indians
Ray's Place - New England Genealogy and much more
Registers of the Huguenot Society of America
Society of American Archivists
Soldiers of the Civil War
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The American Monthly Magazine
The narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain), giving an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783
Twenty Years among our hostile Indians
U.S. Navy Personnel Research Guide
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans History Project
Western History Association
WorldConnect
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**Resources by County**
Allen County, KS
Anderson County, KS
Atchison County, KS
Barber County, KS
Barton County, KS
Bourbon County, KS
Brown County, KS
Butler County, KS
Chase County, KS
Chautauqua County, KS
Cherokee County, KS
Cheyenne County, KS
Clark County, KS
Clay County, KS
Cloud County, KS
Coffey County, KS
Comanche County, KS
Cowley County, KS
Crawford County, KS
Decatur County, KS
Dickinson County, KS
Doniphan County, KS
Douglas County, KS
Edwards County, KS
Elk County, KS
Ellis County, KS
Ellsworth County, KS
Finney County, KS
Ford County, KS
Franklin County, KS
Geary County, KS
Gove County, KS
Graham County, KS
Grant County, KS
Gray County, KS
Greeley County, KS
Greenwood County, KS
Hamilton County, KS
Harper County, KS
Harvey County, KS
Haskell County, KS
Hodgeman County, KS
Jackson County, KS
Jefferson County, KS
Jewell County, KS
Johnson County, KS
Kearny County, KS
Kingman County, KS
Kiowa County, KS
Labette County, KS
Lane County, KS
Leavenworth County, KS
Lincoln County, KS
Linn County, KS
Logan County, KS
Lyon County, KS
Marion County, KS
Marshall County, KS
McPherson County, KS
Meade County, KS
Miami County, KS
Mitchell County, KS
Montgomery County, KS
Morris County, KS
Morton County, KS
Nemaha County, KS
Neosho County, KS
Ness County, KS
Norton County, KS
Osage County, KS
Osborne County, KS
Ottawa County, KS
Pawnee County, KS
Phillips County, KS
Pottawatomie County, KS
Pratt County, KS
Rawlins County, KS
Reno County, KS
Republic County, KS
Rice County, KS
Riley County, KS
Rooks County, KS
Rush County, KS
Russell County, KS
Saline County, KS
Scott County, KS
Sedgwick County, KS
Seward County, KS
Shawnee County, KS
Sheridan County, KS
Sherman County, KS
Smith County, KS
Stafford County, KS
Stanton County, KS
Stevens County, KS
Sumner County, KS
Thomas County, KS
Trego County, KS
Wabaunsee County, KS
Wallace County, KS
Washington County, KS
Wichita County, KS
Wilson County, KS
Woodson County, KS
Wyandotte County, KS

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