Genealogy Projects tagged with Kansas on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Coffey County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Coffey County, Kansas. Official Website Coffey County was established in 1855. It was named after A.M. Coffey, a territorial legislator and Free-Stater during Bleeding Kansas era. Adjacent Counties Osage County Franklin County Anderson County Allen County Woodson County Greenwood County Lyon County

  • Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas

    This cemetery is located on 914 215th Street, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. Find a Grave Roots Web

  • Jackson County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Kansas.= Official Website =The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation, near the center of the county, comprises about 18.5% of the county's area. Adjacent Counties * Brown...

  • Nemaha County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nemaha County, Kansas.= Official Website =Nemaha County was created in 1855 and was named for the Nemaha river, an Indian word meaning either "muddy water" or "no papoose." Adjacent Counties * Brown County * Richardson County, Neb. * Jackson County * Pottawatomie County * Marshall County * Pawnee County, Neb. Cities, Townships & Commu...

  • Harvey County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harvey County, Kansas.= Official Website =In 1872, Harvey County was founded, and named in honor of the fifth Governor of Kansas James M. Harvey. Adjacent Counties * Butler County * Sedgwick County * Marion County * McPherson County * Reno County Cities & Towns *Annelly*Burrton*Halstead*Hesston*Newton (County Seat)*North Newton*Sedgwi...

  • Geary County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Geary County, Kansas.= Official Website =Geary County was originally named Davis County in 1855 after Jefferson Davis (then the United States Secretary of War). During the American Civil War, when Davis became president of the Confederacy, attempts were made to change the county's name, but both failed. Federal and state census record...

  • Kansas State University

    Wikipedia =Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester.Branch...

  • University of Kansas

    Wikipedia The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest in the U.S. state of Kansas. KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence. Founded March 21st, 1865, the university was opened in 1866, under a char...

  • Andover Cemetery, Andover, Kansas

    The cemetery is located in Andover, Butler County, Kansas and is also known as Bruno Township Cemetery . Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Anderson County, Kansas

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Anderson County, Kansas . Official Website In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Anderson Coun...

  • Chautauqua County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Official Website Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on June 1, 1875 by the division of Howard County into Elk County (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). Adjacent Counties Elk County Montgomery County Washington County, Oklahoma Osage C...

  • Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, Kansas

    This project is for those buried in Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, Chautauqua County, Kansas. Find a Grave

  • Crawford County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crawford County, Kansas. Official Website History From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the British defeated France in the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain ret...

  • Bourbon County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bourbon County, Kansas. Official Website History The Great Plains of North America were inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per th...

  • Maple Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas

    This project is for those buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. Find a Grave

  • Hamilton County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hamilton County, Kansas.The county was founded in 1873 and named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Adjacent Counties * Greeley County * Prowers County, Colo. * Wichita County * Kearny County * Stanton County Cities, Communities & Townships *Bear Creek*Coolidge*Kendall *Lamont*Liberty*Medway*Richland*Syr...

  • Kearny County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kearny County, Kansas.= Official Website =The original Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873 and was dissolved in 1883. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on March 27, 1888. The county is named in honor of Philip Kearny, a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and a Union army gener...

  • Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Kansas

    This project is for those buried in Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas. Find a Grave Kansas Gravestones

  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Stuttgart, Kansas

    This cemetery is located on 355 Main Street, Stuttgart, Phillips County, Kansas. Find a Grave

  • Emporia State University

    Wikipedia =Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Emporia State is one of six public universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.The university offers degrees in more than 80 courses of study through...

  • Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Kansas

    Elmwood Cemetery has served as the final resting place for thousands of Augustans since the 1800s. The 34-acre cemetery includes a mausoleum, memorial garden, Veteran's Memorial, and two avenues of flags. City of Augusta Website This cemetery is located on Ohio Street, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas. The cemetery used to be the "Augusta Cemetery" and at some point in the past became "Elmw...

  • Johnson County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Johnson County, Kansas.= Official Website = History This was part of the large territory of the Osage people, who occupied lands up to present-day Saint Louis, Missouri. After Indian Removal, the United States government reserved much of this area as Indian territory for a reservation for the Shawnee people, who were relocated from ea...

  • Ellis County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ellis County, Kansas. Official Website Ellis County was founded on February 26, 1867. It is named for George Ellis, first lieutenant of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry. Ellis County is the official German Capital of Kansas. German immigrants settled in Hays, Ellis, Victoria, and nearby villages in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1942, the Walk...

  • Elk County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Elk County, Kansas. Official Website In 1875, Elk County was established and named for the Elk River. Adjacent Counties Chautauqua County Montgomery County Cowley County Butler County Greenwood County Wilson County Cities, Townships & Communities Busby Cave Springs Elk Falls Fiat Greenfield Greno...

  • El Paso Cemetery, Derby, Kansas

    El Paso Cemetery sits on a slight hill in the center of Derby but was once surrounded by farmland and was about a mile southeast of the growing settlement. In 1878, the cemetery opened, 9 years after the Garrett family staked a claim near the bank of Spring Creek about a mile south. Over the years, the cemetery expanded, and today the original cemetery comprises just the southeast corner of the...

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