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Harper CountyKSGenWeb |
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Harper CountyKSGenWeb |
Library Hours Are
Monday - Thursday 10am to 7pm
Friday 10am to 5pm
Saturday 1pm to 5pm
The Anthony librarian, Sandy Trotter, is interested in genealogy and is most willing to
help you research. There are three old atlases for Harper County, 1886, 1902, 1919. They
contain maps of each township and each is marked with the landowners names. They are not
indexed, but they contain several pages of pictures of people who were living in the
county when the atlas was published. The Harper County Story by Gwendoline and Paul
Sanders is available and can be checked out or "interlibrary loaned". The
Condensed History of the City of Harper, Kansas, 1877 to 1961, published by DeLuxe
Printing Co. is a very good source for the town of Harper and its people. Three books by
Louis F. Burn s could be helpful; In Kansas Territory 1820-1886, Osage
Mission, Baptisms, Marriages and Interments, and Osage Indian Bands and Clans. The 17
volume series of the Forgotten Settlers of Kansas is also in the genealogy section with
the other genealogical materials available which includes over 300 books. Click Here to
visit the Anthony Public Library Web Page!
A new video series that can be checked out is The Genealogist’s Video Research Guide.
Part One of this series covers: where to begin, learn what’s been done, family
memorabilia, the Salt Lake City Family History library’s FamilySearch computer
program (which is now available at the Anthony Library), published histories, using
genealogy forms, and note-keeping systems. Part Two covers: original sources, U.S. Census
records, and probate records. Part Three covers: Land, military, and vital records.
The library has access to the FamilySearch website through it's 10 computers that are free for patron use. One of these computers has 2 wide screen monitors attached and is specifically for genealogical research. The FamilySearch website contains:
The Ancestral File.
Anyone can contribute their pedigrees and family group sheets to this file using
a registered genealogical computer software program (for a list of registered
programs call 1-800-346-6044), and the instructions available at the library.
The International Genealogical Index
It’s a database of over 80 million entries of births, marriages, deaths and
LDS ordinances gathered from genealogists and their family records or from
names extracted by trained volunteers from selected sources -
church registers, birth and marriage records, probate and census documents from
around the world.
U.S. Social Security Death Index
Includes entries from The U.S. Social Security Death Master File through 1994.
U.S. Military Index
Lists U.S. military personnel who died in Korea and Vietnam, 1950-1975.
Family History Library Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Family Tree Maker - Programs & Record CD's
The list is growing! They have WFT CD's 1 - 12, Census CD's, Marriage CD's,
Mayflower Genealogies, Quaker Genealogies and many more!
There is a box in the Anthony Library with several very interesting items. Included are a
manila envelope labeled Harper County History, a history of Bluff City, miscellaneous
family histories, newspaper clippings, an Anthony High School directory containing names
from 1888 - 1974, and various other papers. There is a list of the first settlers of
Anthony. There is a cemetery book for Attica, Harper, and Forest Park (Anthony)
cemeteries. Another cemetery book contains records for Christian Apostolic, Baird, Bonham,
Bluff City (Pleasant Hill), Burchfield, Crisfield, Danville, Devore, Duquoin, Midlothian
Episcopalian, German Evangelical, Crystal Springs Mennonite, Ferguson (Pleasant Valley
Baptist), Freeport, H & S, Hillsdale, Melvin, Pleasant Valley Mennonite, Spring Grove,
Singer, Star Center, and Waldron cemeteries.
The library has on microfilm Federal Census for years 1880, 1900, 1920. Also, on microfilm
a complete collection of Harper County newspapers. (A list of the newspapers was published
in the Harper County Connections Vol. 1 Issue 4.)
Harper County KSGenWeb
Maintained by Harper County Genealogical Society as part of the KSGenWeb Project.
Material on this page is the property of the Society and all rights are reserved.
Should you find a link that does not work properly please notify the webmaster.
