Genealogy: Comanche County, Kansas

You've found Comanche County, KSGenWeb, a FREE genealogical site on the internet, so you're off to a very good start in your genealogical research.

My best advice for conducting your genealogical research is to always be courteous to the librarians, county clerks or anyone else to whom you write for historical records, and remember that courtesy demands that one ALWAYS include a self-addressed, stamped return evelope with each request for information along with, of course. a check to cover the research fee appropriate for your request. *

THEN write again to thank the librarian, clerk or researcher who has taken the time to answer your request for information. If you send flowers or chocolates with your message of thanks to anyone in Comanche County, Ks, who does research for you, please tell them I referred you to them in the first place.

For contact information for local libraries and the county courthouse, see: Records.

Grandma Nellie often quoted this verse:

The heart flies open to very small keys,
And, of them all,
The most important are these:
"Thank you, Sir" and "If you please".

-- Jerry Ferrin

(* I recall a story about Abraham Lincoln having received a letter from someone seeking a bit of advice with his signature, and that he replied: "Dear Madam, When writing to a stranger to request a favor, it is customary to include return postage. -- A. Lincoln")

Photo of Mrs. Sophia Holmes of Coldwater, Ks. taken by John Edward Schrock contributed by Janet (Schrock) Hubbard.