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Kansas Genealogical Society

United States Kansas  Ford  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:kgslibrary@gmail.com kgslibrary@gmail.com]

Address:


 * Mail: PO Box 103 Street: Village Square Mall, 2601 Central Avenue Dodge City, KS 67801

Telephone: 620-225-1951

Hours and holidays: Wednesday-Friday 1:30 to 5:00; 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month 10:45 to 4:00; Closed: New Year's, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Thanksgiving days, and 2 weeks for Christmas.

Map and public transportation:


 * Google map:  Kansas Genealogical Society
 * Public transportation:  Dodge City Public Transit D-Tran fixed route Green Route stops at the Village Square Mall each hour Monday-Friday between 6am and 6pm.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Kansas Genealogical Society visit, membership, Treesearcher (publication), meetings, projects, queries, research policy, area resources, contact us, events.
 * KGS Online Catalog. Search by location, surname, subject, or accession date.
 * Obituary Index 1870-1999 for about 300,000 individuals.
 * Ford County School Records annual school censuses of children ages 5-20 from 1899-1969.
 * KGS member pedigree charts since 1958.

Collection Description
They have the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas. . KGS subscribes to many periodicals and exchanges periodicals with over fifty societies. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.

Mission:  KGS has established and maintains an extensive library holding more than 15,000 books and manuscripts; family genealogies, thousands of vital records, cemetery records and census records on hard copy, military, immigration, and Bible records, as well as microfilm, microfiche and computer databases. Our primary focus is on records of the State of Kansas, however, records, books and manuscripts of national and international interest are included.

History:  The Kansas Genealogical Society, Inc. was formed as a nonprofit corporation in 1958, for the purpose of: Creating and fostering an interest in genealogy; preserving genealogical, biographical, historical and educational data relating to the ancestry of members and the founders of our country.

Tips

 * The Kansas Genealogical Society Library (KGS) is co-located with the Kansas Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library (KSDAR), and KGS members are welcome to use KSDAR material.
 * Non-KGS-member library visitors, please donate $3.00 per day.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}
 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]