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Kansas History

Kansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase when it became annexed to the United States in 1803. It was included in the Missouri Territory until 1821. For 33 years it was known as an unorganized territory, inhabited mainly by Indians. For many years there was constant trouble between the Indians and the settlers, until the Indians were gradually pushed into the Oklahoma area.

Fort Leavenworth became the first community in the area in 1827. To thousands enroute to the valleys of Utah, the gold fields of California or the beckoning Oregon country, it was a welcome stopover, outfitting place.

Kansas became a state in 1861, the thirty-fourth. The population then was about 110,000 consisting mostly of Southerners and New Englanders with a sprinkling from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Many Civil War veterans took up homesteads in Kansas following the war. Among the foreign-born settlers many came from Germany, Russia, Sweden and England. Many Mexicans also settled in the state.

For more information on the history of Kansas, visit William G. Cutler's

A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans by William E. Connelley, c1918

A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans by William E. Connelley, c1918, 1919
Contains different biographies than those contained in the 1918 publication.

Kansas Genealogy Links

• KSGenWeb Digital Library / Archives — Table of Contents
  
• Kansas Vital Records Information
  or try Kansas Vital Records Information
  
• Online Kansas Death Records & Indexes
  
• University of Missouri-Kansas City Archives
  
• NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City)
  
• USGenWeb Archives — Kansas
  
• Cyndi's List of Geneology Sites on the Web
  U.S. - Kansas
• Genealogical Resources in Digitized Kansas State Government Publications
  The State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library has about 60,000 publications published/issued by Kansas government agencies, 1861-2019. Among some of the older publications are directories, reports, catalogs, etc that contain lists of employees, residents, professionals, retailers and others which can be of help to a genealogist in locating missing relatives.

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Kansas Heritage Links

• Kansas Gateway
  
• Kansas Heritage Server Home Page
  
• Kansas State Historical Society
  

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Kansas Book Links

• Book Transcriptions in KSGenWeb
  
• KanColl Books The Kansas Collection book list.

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Other Kansas Links

• Kansas Tornado History
  includes information about dates and intensity and photos of tornadoes
  in Kansas
• USGS - Geographic Names Information System - Data Base Query Form
  Know a town, cemetery, or other feature but not the county? This site may help you solve the problem.
  
• Kansas Historical Markers
  
• Cemetery Records Online Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas
• The Kansas Collection
  the voices of the past are heard again in KanColl, through nearly-lost books, letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials.

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Kansas Society Links

• Listing

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Some Other Kansas Links

• The Gander Airline Crash in 1985
  A list of the soldiers who died in the Gander Airline crash in 1985. The commanding officer of the military troops that died in this airline crash graduated from Junction City High School in 1961.
• Troubles In Kansas
  An effort of the KSGenWeb Project. Before "Bleeding Kansas" came the "Troubles In Kansas." Included on this page is a brief history of the time, a list of eligible voters abstracted from the 1855 census, lists of settlers under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, and a list of citizens giving testimony before the "Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas." If you have ancestors that were in Kansas during the 1850's, you'll want to check out this page!
• Kansas City Federal Records Center
• Ancestry Search
  Search for early marriages and the SSDI online.
• The History Net
  

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US Links

• USGenWeb
• USGenWeb Archives
• USGenWeb-Kansas Archives
• Census Project
• Migrations
• County Coordinator Guidelines
• USGenWeb Project Logos
• Copyright Information 

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How to code HTML Links

• So you want to make a Web Page a beginner's tutorial for web page development
• Beginner's Guide to HTML
  

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