Feel free to request a look-up from the following books, etc. If submitting via e-mail, please limit your request to one name per request. Please put POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidently deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the book you are requesting the lookup from. If submitting via regular mail to one of the addresses below, please remember to enclose a self-addressed-stamped envelope and funds for your copies, etc.
Pottawatomie County Births, Deaths, Marriages and Newspapers, |
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Havensville Historical Society - Havensville |
Wamego Public Library - Wamego |
Rock Creek Valley Historical Society - Westmoreland |
Riley County Genealogical Society (RCGS) - Manhattan |
Jackson County Historical Society |
Reference and Available Sources |
HOURS OF OPERATION: Opened Wednesday 1:00 - ? - However, if the temperature is 105+ they won't
be in, also if it is 5 degrees or less they won't be in. Remember,
you can always make an appointment.
The Havensville Historical Society was established in 1994. The local Methodist church has been converted into the Havensville Historical Museum. The Havensville Historical Society is currently registered with the State of Kansas as a non-profit organization and with Pottowatomie County as a Historical Society. We are prepared to receive donations (monetary, material, or time & effort).
Yearly membership dues are $5.00 per person or $10.00 per Family. The following is only some of the records that are available, please contact the Society for any further information.
Historical Records beginning with the year ending April 1, 1874 |
Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
Class Records - Havensville Grade and High Schools |
Books containing biographical sketches of residents, family history, etc. |
Reference Material Available for Research |
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Pottawatomie County Cemetary List-1880's - 1986 |
Pottawatomie Deaths & Marriages (From Wamego KS Newspapers) |
Microfilm for Wamego Newspapers - 1867 - 1994 |
Louisville Newspapers 1867-1871; 1876-1879;1904-1911 Births, Marriages & Deaths Indexed |
Pottawatomie County 1860 Census-Kansas Territory |
Pottawatomie County 1865 State Census |
Pottawatomie County 1870 Federal Census |
Pottawatomie County Marriages 1856-1886 |
Pottawatomie County 1880 Federal Census |
Pottawatomie County 1900 Federal Census |
Index of St. George News 1912-1942 Births, Deaths, and Marriages |
Wabaunse County 1860 Census-Kansas Territory |
Wabaunse County 1865 State Census |
Wabaunse County 1870 Federal Census |
Wabaunse County 1880 Federal Census |
"Wabaunse County Truth" - Newspaper Indexed 1922-1936 |
Wabaunse Cemetery Records - compiled in 1987 |
Reference Material Available for Research |
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Census |
County Marriage Index |
Land Records in County Offices |
Court Records in County Offices |
Small Collection of Local History. |
Visit RCGS http://www.rileycgs.com at their homepage.
The society has a large library used for reseach. Remember part of western Pottawatomie County was originally Riley County. The volunteers at RCGS are most helpful and very knowledgeable and await your research question. Listed below are some of the articles RCGS have available - please verify the cost with RCGS.
Pottawatomie County Marriages1856-1886 |
Pottawatomie County Cemeteries Map |
Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie |
1860 Pottawatomie Co.., Census, KS Territory |
1965 Pottawatomie Co. Census |
1970 Pottawatomie Co. Census |
1880 Pottawatomie Co. Cenus |
Pottawatomie Co., 1900 Fed. Census Abstract |
Reference | Available Sources | |
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Pottawatomie County Marriages 1856 - 1886 | Jim | Click Here |
"Pioneers of the Bluestem Prairie" RCGS, Manhattan, KS | Surname Index | Click here |
Portrait & Biographical Album Jefferson, Jackson Pottawatomie Counties | Surname Index | Click here |
Pottawatomie Co. 1860 Census | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
Pottawatomie Co. 1865 Census | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
Pottawatomie Co. 1870 Census | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
Pottawatomie Co. 1880 Census | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
1880 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Ks by Earl Gilbert Dailey | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
Pottawatomie Co. 1890 Census | RCGS | rcgs2@flinthills.com |
Old Settler's Tales by Ferdinard Francis Crevecoeur Historical and biographical sketches of the early settlement of NE Pottawatomie and SW Nemaha counties; from earliest settlement to the year 1877 | KSGenWeb Archives | Web Site |
James Wood Family Record, which includes some family information about James Edward SIPES and his descendants. They lived near St. Marys in the late 1800s. | Charlotte Babicki | cbabicki@alum.mit.edu |
This page was last modified (OL) 19 Apr 2006.