Resources

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• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• FindAGrave
• Internet Archive
• 1912 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence, by Frank W. Blackma
• 1992 Folktales of the High Plains
• 2005 Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea by Michael J. Everhart
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Kansas Secretary of State
• Maps of US - provides an interactive map of boundary changes
• HistoricMapWorks - many maps, including township plats, are available to view at no cost
• National Register of Historic Places
• Digital Library of KSGenWeb

Biographies in 1919 Kansas and Kansans

Kansas, Brown County - Brull, Jacob (v5)
- Cooper, Carl Franklin (v5)
- Foster, Charles Daniel (v5)
- Isely, Charles C. (v5)
- Johnson, Joseph Elliott (v4)
- Kissell, John Wesley (v4)
- Reid, George L. (v5)
- Sproul, O. A. (v5)
- Thorpe, Thornton N. (v4)
- Tyler, James C. (v5)

 

 

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Genealogical and Historical Society and other important addess's

Brown County Courthouse
601 Oregon St
Hiwatha, Ks.  66434
Co. Clerk Office 785-742-2581
Reg. of Deeds Office  785-742-3741

To obtain copies of Marriages certificates, please contact:
District Clerk Office
601 Oregon St.
Hiawatha, Ks 66434
Ph #785-742-7481

Libraries located in Brown County

Horton Free Library
809 First Ave. East
Horton, Ks 66439

Horton Public Library

888-296-6963

4317 W 6th, Lawrence, KS 66049

Morrill Public Library
431 Oregon
Hiwatha, Ks  66434
Ph # 785-742-3831

The library has the obit file for up to 1951 and they have the newspapers on microfilm. If you need a copy of an obit prior to 1952 please contact them for  information on obtaining copies.
The Brown County Genealogical Society is in the process of indexing all the obits, marriages, and birth announcements for all years. The Horton newspaper office donated all the obits that they had to the society so they could index them also. This project will take some time so please be patient. And should you have any questions please contact the Brown County Genealogical Society.

Genealogical and Historical Soc. address's and info

Brown County, Kansas Genealogical Society
116 S. 7th Street
Hiawatha, Kansas 66434
Ph. 785-742-7511
Hours: 9 - 4 Tues thru Friday, 9 - 3 Saturday, 6 -8:30 Thursday evenings or by appointment

Brown County, Kansas Historical Society
611 Utah Street
Hiawatha, Kansas 66434

The Brown County Kansas Genealogical Society dues are $10.00 per year for individual or $15.00 per year for family. Should you have any further questions please contact Sandy Carter.
The Brown County Genealogical Society have the followings books for sale: ( contact either the genealogical society or Sandy Carter if you have any questions.)
Cemetery records of Brown County, Kansas, Vol. 1   $15.00
Marriage Records A & B  7/30/1857 to 4/29/1880    $15.00
Marriage Records C & D 6/1880 to 1/1/1889            $15.00
Marriage Records E & F  1/1/1889 to 1/1/1895         $15.00
The Civil War & Your Ancestors                                $2.00
Memories of Pohattan, 1886-1972                             $3.00
Township Maps of Brown County, 1887                    $10.00
Brown County Civil War, 1861-1865                         $10.00
1860 Federal Census (w/ index)                                 $10.00

Kansas Genealogical & Historical Societies Online

Funeral Homes located in Brown County, Kansas:

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home
519 N 1st
Hiawatha, Ks 66434
785-742-2212

Chapel Oaks Funeral Home
1720 1st Ave East
Horton, Ks 66439
785-486-2843

Dishon Mapel Chaney Mortuary
90 Central Ave
Horton, Ks 66439
785-486-3811

Framke-Casselman-Meeks Funeral Home
124 S. 7th
Hiawatha, Ks 66434
785-742-2188

Books about Brown County KS

Brown County, Kansas Cemeteries (does not include Hiawatha)
Vol 1 Hinz
Brown County, Kansas Cemeteries
Vol 2  Hinz
Brown County, Kansas Cemeteries
Vol 3 Hinz.
Some Brown County, Kansas Cemeteries. by Don Ford
Abandoned and Semi-Active Cemeteries of Kansas by Don Ford
Interments At  Rose Hill Cemetery (Robinson, Brown County, Kansas. by Patricia Merrill Hollingsworth

Mortality Schedule of the territory of Kansas 1860. Franklin
1870 Mortality Schedule for Brown County, Kansas.
1880 Mortality Schedule for Brown County, Kansas.
Kickapoo Nation Census 1891-1903  Kickapoo Nation Census 1905-1940Kansas 1855 Territorial Census Index
1860 Territorial Census Index
Kansas State census for 1865, 1875, 1885, 18951860 Federal Census Index for Brown County, Kansas
1870 Federal Census Index for Brown County, Kansas
1875 Federal Census Index for Douglas County Kansas1880 Federal Census Index for Brown County, Kansas
Douglas County Marriages 
Volume I 1854-1884 Brown County Marriage Record .
Books A and B  1857-1880.  by the Ostertag's
Brown County Marriage Record.
Books C and D 1881-1888.by the  Ostertag's
Brown County Marriage Record
Books E and F  1889-1891. by the Ostertag's
Township Maps of Brown County 1887 by John and Enid Ostertag
Standard Atlas of Brown County, Kansas. 1919
Meecham's  Atlas of Brown  and Nehama Counties, Kansas. 1887
The Official  Atlas of Kansas. 1887
Plat Book of Brown County,
Kansas. Maps with landowners. 1904
A Souvenir History of Lawrence KS 1898History of Horton and Surrounding Neighborhoods
by Mrs Herbert Campbell and the Pride Committee 1974
Kickapoo Indian Trails by Louise Green Hoad
The Ioway Indians, by Martha Royce Blaine
Geo. Nuzum's Biography of Iowa Indians of Kansas &  Nebraska. from 1880 Cutler's History of Brown County, Kansas.
and Kansas Indian Tribes

History of Brown County, Kansas.
Compiled by Major E.N. Morrill. 1876
Reissued by Morrill Public Lib.  1982

A.N. Ruley's History of Brown County, Kansas, Pub 1930. Reprinted by Morrill Public Lib.,  1976. Covers period of 1817-1917.
Name index to Ruley's Annals of Brown County, Kansas. From earliest record to Jan., 1900. Harrington Genealogical and Biographical record
of Northeastern Kansas. Lewis Pub.
Includes persons from Atchison, Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha Counties.
White Cloud Kansas Chief  
Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
1857-1871. Vol #1 by the Ostertag's
White Cloud Kansas Chief  
Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1872-Dec. 31, 1875. Vol #2 by the Ostertag's
White Cloud Kansas Chief  
Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1876-Dec. 31, 1880. Vol #3 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief  
Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1881-Mar. 1886. Vol #4 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief  Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Apr. 1886-Dec. 1887. Vol #5 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief  Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1888-1889. Vol #6 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
1890-1891. Vol #7 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief  Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1892-Dec. 31, 1893. Vol #8 by the Ostertag's
The Weekly Kansas Chief  Births, Marriages, Deaths and other News items
Jan. 1894-Dec. 1896. Vol #9 (just released) by the Ostertag's

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