FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
Colored Directory
This directory primarily deals with African Americans living in
Topeka, Kansas, but it also contains listing for Alma,
Burlingame, Council Grove, Dunlap, Eskridge, Osage City,
Oskaloosa, Paxico, Perry and rural Shawnee County. Listings of
the residents of the smaller communities include name and
occupation. The address is included only if it is rural with the
RFD numbers. The listings for Topeka include name, occupation or
place of employment, and home address.
Colored Directory, Topeka, Kansas
This "Colored Directory" is similar to other city directories.
It lists African American churches, organizations, businesses
and professionals. The bulk of the directory lists the names of
African Americans and their addresses. Page 59 lists the names
of the faculty, what they teach, and where they received their
education for the Kansas Vocational School, as well as other
employees. The directory does not list occupation. It also
contains a number of advertisements from Topeka and Shawnee
County businesses.
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dragoon Creek, Wabaunsee
County, Kansas When the Kansas-Nebraska Act opened up the Kansas Territory
to settlement, a tide of immigration began as citizens from
across the United States, and foreigners, recently arrived in
the US, rushed to receive some of the prime property. Stephen J.
Spear was one such settler, and this manuscript depicts his life
along Dragoon Creek in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
History of Kansas
One of the best Histories of Kansas, taken from Kansas and Kansans
Kansas Images and Photographs
Wichita Photo Archives A collaborative effort of WSU Libraries' Department of Special
Collections, the Wichita Public Library Local History Division and
the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum that presents nearly
150 images of Wichita dating from the 1860s to the present.
Sod House Photograph Collection A collection of postcards and photographs depicting the sod
houses typical of early homesteads on the North American plains.
Standard Atlases County atlases or plat books are a source of information
about land ownership. They contain plat maps of townships that
show owners of individual parcels of rural land. The plats
include section boundaries and include the locations of rural
churches, cemeteries, and schools. Sometimes plats of cities are
also included but owners of individual city lots are not listed.
They may also include photographs or illustrations of selected
county residents and farms. Some atlases also include a
directory of county residents which may give additional
information about the individuals and their land. These atlases
date from the 1880s to the 1920s.
