Databases & Indexes
Our Online Collections
- Kansas Memory kansasmemory.org
- Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861 territorialkansasonline.org
Online Catalogs
- ATLAS - shared Topeka libraries online catalog, includes KSHS records since 1994, but doesn't include most of our holdings
- Archives Catalog - records for all our manuscript and state records collections
- WorldCat via FirstSearch - Shared International Library Catalog
- Gale Research databases - available in KSHS research room
- Ebsco Research databases - available in KSHS research room
Genealogy Online
- 1940 U.S. Census online
- 1940 Kansas Census Index
- 1940 census enumeration district finder
- Ancestry - available in KSHS research room
- Heritage Quest - available in KSHS research room or through State Library of Kansas web page
Newspapers
- Kansas Newspapers On Microfilm at KSHS
- Chronicling America includes digitized Kansas newspapers
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 - available in KSHS research room only
- Current Kansas newspapers on Newsbank - available in KSHS research room only
Indexes and Guides From the KSHS Website
- Kansas Places Index
- Government Records
- Kansas Historical Society Publications
- Other Kansas research links
