(Former) Leavenworth County Genealogical Society Holdings Located At:

Kansas Room
Leavenworth Public Library
417 Spruce Street
Leavenworth, KANSAS 66048
(913) 682-5666 Dial-Up Catalog: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/leavenworth
Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday (Sept.-May) 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Leavenworth County Records:
Cemetery Indexes
Obituaries (1951-1997)
Local Histories

Kansas Records:
State Histories
Various Cemetery Records
Various Census Records
Civil War Military Indexes (Partial)
Various County Newsletters




Various States and Countries:
Family Histories
Census Records
Sources
How To

Microfilm:
Leavenworth County Courthouse Records
(Marriage, Probate, Naturalization, and School Records)

Veterans Administration Death Records 1885-1937 (formerly known as National Soldiers' Home)

Fort Leavenworth Death and Cemetery Records 1844-1915

Leavenworth Library Holdings:

Various Local and State History Books
Vertical File (Newspaper clippings, etc.)
Local Biographies
Local Photos (People and Homes)

City Directories (1856 to Present, Incomplete)
Leavenworth High School Yearbooks (June Bug)**
Microfilm:
Leavenworth Times (1856 to Present)
Leavenworth Commercial (1860s)

**Must be requested from Reference Desk due to previous vandalism.

How To Find Books in the Collection

As you enter the Kansas Room at the Leavenworth Public Library the Leavenworth County Genealogical Society books are located on the first two rows of shelves against the north wall (to you far right as you enter). All shelves in our section are marked with state and various labels.

On the first set of shelves there are four sections containing:

Section 1 - Leavenworth City and County (obituaries, cemetery indexes, various county books and atlas)
Section 2 - Kansas Quarterlies and Kansas Books (various indexes, newsletters, county histories, Andreas and Kansas and Kansans)
Section 3 - Kansas (various indexes, newsletters, county histories - arranged by county)
Section 4 - Missouri (mainly Platte County, Missouri Miscellany and indexes, and Kansas City, Missouri and Topeka, Kansas city directories)

On the second set of shelves there are five sections containing:

Section 1 - How To, Sources and Family Histories (in alphabetical order)
Section 2 - United States, Foreign and Military, also beginning of States (by Dewey decimal number)
Section 3-5 - Remainder of State books and newsletters.

On the third set of shelves there are five sections containing:

Section 1 - Leavenworth City Directories and Telephone Books
Section 2-5 - Various Books on Kansas History and History of the West (by Dewey decimal number)

On the fourth set of shelves there are five sections containing:

Section 1 - Various notebooks containing biographies, family histories, and photos of Leavenworth County and City people, places and things. Section 2-5 - Various Books on Kansas History and History of the West (by Dewey decimal number)

Remaining Shelves

The remaining shelves are currently filled with the law books from the County Courthouse until the new justice center is being built.

Two File Cabinets

The cabinet next to the microfilm contains the miscellaneous files of the Leavenworth County Genealogical Society in the top drawer and the vertical files of the Leavenworth Public Library. The other cabinet contains the microfilms owned by the Leavenworth County Genealogical Society (there is a notebook on the top of the cabinet that has a list of the film and the number assigned them). These films contain the records from the Leavenworth County courthouse until approximately 1960 to include: marriage, divorce, naturalization, school and various public records.

Printed by Grey Ink, June 2000

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