Kansas, United States Genealogy

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Guide to Alabama ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Alabama Information
Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the United States in 1819. Alabama was created form Alabama Territory and is located in the southeast region of the United States.

Alabama Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct, Renamed, or Ceded Counties: Arapahoe (1855)
 * Arapahoe (1883)
 * Billings | Breckenridge | Broderick | Buffalo | Calhoun | Davis | Dorn | El Paso | Foote | Fremont | Garfield | Godfrey | Howard | Hunter | Kansas | Lykins | Madison | McGee | Montana | Oro | Otoe | Peketon | Richardson | Sequoyah | Seward (old) | Shirley | St. John | Washington (old) | Weller | Wise [[Image:Kansas.png|right|200px|Kansas.png]]

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * Family History Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Alabama genealogy sites on the internet
 * Alabama Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Alabama
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Alabama
 * Ancestorhunt.com - resources for Alabama genealogy research
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Alabama
 * Alabama Research Outline – Original Family History Library research outline; contains many out of date links

Counties
Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct, Renamed, or Ceded Counties: Arapahoe (1855) | Arapahoe (1883) | Billings | Breckenridge | Broderick | Buffalo | Calhoun | Davis | Dorn | El Paso | Foote | Fremont | Garfield | Godfrey | Howard | Hunter | Kansas | Lykins | Madison | McGee | Montana | Oro | Otoe | Peketon | Richardson | Sequoyah | Seward (old) | Shirley | St. John | Washington (old) | Weller | Wise

Major Repositories
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia· Family History Library· National Archives I· National Archives at Kansas City· National Orphan Train Complex· Kansas Historical Society· Kansas State Library· Kansas Genealogical Society· Kansas Department of Health and Environment· Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library· Iola Public Library· Johnson County Library· Kansas Heritage Center· Riley County Genealogical Society Library· Topeka Genealogical Society Library· University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library· Wichita Public Library Genealogy Center· Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center· Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections

Migration Routes
Abilene Trail· California Trail· Cherokee Trail· Chisholm Trail· Great Western Cattle Trail· Jones and Plummer Trail· Leavenworth Pike's Peak Express· Mormon Trail· Oregon Trail· Santa Fe Trail· Smoky Hill Trail· Texas Road or Shawnee Trail· Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway

Featured Content
The Kansas Historical Society holds one of the largest newspaper collections in the United States. They have almost every newspaper that was printed in Kansas (well over 61,000 volumes) and more than 12,000 out-of-state-volumes. These papers are in the Newspaper and Census Division, and many are on microfilm.


 * The The Kansas GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.


 * The Kansas Historical Society at http://www.kshs.org/ has several important facilities for genealogists. The Reference Library houses printed materials and the Department of Archives maintains original records of Kansas government jurisdictions, newspapers, and other historical documents. The Manuscript Department has unpublished papers, maps, and photographs.
 * The Kansas Historical Society announced the launch of Kansas Memory, an ongoing digital project. This online site will feature the largest collection of photographs and manuscripts from Kansas history.
 * Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Kansas were the Methodist-Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Disciples of Christ. Read more about the availability of church records in the Kansas Church Records article.[[Image:Kansas flag.png|right|180px|Kansas flag.png]]