GENEALOGY
LOCAL RESOURCES

Genealogy FAQs (pdf)
Online Databases:

Ancestry In Library use

Heritage Quest 

• Early Franklin County Settlers

• First Families of Franklin County

• Obituaries 1965-1999

• Obituaries 2000-2003

• Ottawa Annals

Chippewa-Munsee Genealogy

Highland Cemetery 785-229-3655

Send genealogy research requests to:
Franklin County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 353
Ottawa, KS 66067-0353

Old Depot Museum
135 W Tecumseh
785-242-1250

Franklin County Records & Research Center
1124 W 7th Terrace
785-242-1232

KS Judicial Branch 4th District: 
marriage & probate records

FUNERAL HOMES
Dengel & Son
death records on website from around 2000, or call for information 1932-
3rd & Hickory
785-242-2323

Lamb-Roberts-Heise
death records can vary, especially further back-more recent ones are available
325 S Hickory
785-242-3550

Wilson & Son
607 Main
Wellsville, KS 66092
785-883-2110

General
Cyndi's List | GenealogySpot | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System | Ellis Island Records | Midwest Genealogy Center (Mid-Continent Library) | National Archives | National Obituary Archive |Native American Nations | Social Security Death Index | Beginning Genealogy

Counties
Kansas Counties | Geographic Nameserver | Genealogy.com County Resources

Vital Records
KS Departmant of Vital Statistics | Vital Records

Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society | KS GenWeb | Kansas Heritage Center Source List for Genealogy Research | Kansas Obituary Links | Kansas State Library | Kansas Council of Genalogical Societies | KS Genealogical Societies

Kansas Books Online
"History of the State of Kansas" by Andreas
"Kansas" by Blackmar
"Standard History of Kansas and Kansans" by Connelley