- Diggin’ Up Bones-Book IV
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Obituaries of Kendall, Lydia German Lutheran, Lydia Lutheran, Lydia Methodist, and Shockey Cemeteries –Located in Grant, Hamilton and Wichita County, Kansas. Includes burial dates from the late 1800s to the present time. By matching obituaries from local newspapers to the occupants of the marked gravesites the author resurrects the lives of those beneath the tombstones. The data is arranged by surname and contains hundreds of entries that are then tied to extended families, in-laws and friends so that numerous collateral references are made to surnames not found in the cemeteries. 2001, 191pp., maps, bibl., paper.
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- Diggin’ Up Bones: Obituaries of Deerfield, Fairview, and Miscellaneous Kearny Co. Cemeteries, Kearny Co., KS
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Covers the large Deerfield Cemetery and the smaller Fairview Cemetery, with a miscellaneous listing of obituaries dating back to 1877, before the county was organized. In addition to providing the lot, block and section numbers used to locate the gravesite, each entry typically contains information from the original obituary 1997, 331 pp., map, bibl., paper.
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- History of Atchison County, Kansas
- (FREE Digitized Book - Archive.org) - Illustrated. By Sheffield Ingalls. Published in Lawrence, Kansas in 1916. Over a thousand pages. Several biographies included at the end of the volume. -
- Kansas Review
- (Magazine Subscription - Amazon.com) : Published quarterly by the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies. Contains early history of Kansas as well as stories and anecdotes about early Kansas settlers and vital statistics from or applicable to one/all Kansas counties. -
- Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who Were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : If your ancestor migrated westward from one of the aforementioned states prior to the Civil War, this may be the book you've been looking for. Based on a unique W.P.A. index to the 1860 Kansas territorial census, it lists 9,358 Kansans identified as having been born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina. Information given on each person includes name, age, sex, occupation, and the volume and page number of the original census schedule, as well as an indication of the county, township, and post office of residence in Kansas. -
- Old West Justice in Belle Plaine, Kansas
- (Book - Amazon.com) : On November 14, 1884, members of the small farm community of Belle Plaine, Kansas, lynched one of its marshals after the marshal shot a citizen. “Today, the only evidence of the event that became known as ‘Black Friday’ in Belle Plaine, Kansas back in 1884 is a pair of handcuffs and a chunk of wood… Before the night was over, one man would be shot to death and another shackled in those handcuffs and hanging from a rope attached to the wood… This is the story of Belle Plaine’s ‘Black Friday,’ its history, its players, its place in the American West.” Anyone interested in local history during the Wild West era in Southern Kansas will welcome this account of the last days of the Old West. Discussions include historical settings for “Black Friday”, Kansas’s prohibition laws, and vigilante justice in Southern Kansas. A photograph of the jail and two maps are included. Tom S. Coke is an established author, a member of the Belle Plaine Historical Society, and writes a regular Old West column for his local newspaper.2002, 147 pp., maps, append., bibl., paper. -
- The Kansas Conflict
- (Book - Amazon.com) : By Charles Robinson. An exceptional account of the struggle between Free-State and Slave-State parties, recounted here by one of “the most conspicuous and influential leaders of the Free-State party,” Charles Robinson, who was the first Governor of the State of Kansas. A new fullname index and an appendix section detailing correspondence about John Brown complete this work. (1892) reprint, 499 pp., append., new fullname index, paper. -
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